"And another thing!" His fear of death had completely shattered Aemond's reason. With nothing left to lose, he spilled every bad thing he had done, from childhood right up to the present. "I'll never secretly call Helaena an idiot again! I'll never take the little toys you gave Daeron again! Please spare me, big brother!"
At that, Aegon's dagger hand stopped dead. He drew a deep breath, but even the chill of the sea breeze filling his lungs could not quench the fire of his "sleeping dragon's wrath."
Just how much trouble had this brat caused behind my back? Secretly calling his big sister Helaena an idiot was bad enough, but he even stole toys from Daeron, his one-year-old little brother.
How many other things has he done behind my back that I still don't know about?
But when Aemond saw Aegon hesitate, he seized on it like a lifeline and turned his pleading gaze toward the last light in his life-his future queen, his most respected elder sister, the savior he trusted most at that moment.
"Big sister, save me! Help! Do something about your fiancé! Kinslaying is a heinous crime in Westeros! Please save me! I really didn't mean to take the gift he gave you. I only wanted a look, but then I accidentally lost it, so I didn't dare admit it! You two had that fight and weren't speaking to each other, so I thought, since you didn't like each other anymore anyway-"
That, however, infuriated Rhaenyra so much that she rushed over and caught Aegon's hand just as he was about to cut the strap.
Aemond thought he had finally been saved. "Love you, big sister! I knew you wouldn't stand by and let me die! Actually, I didn't mean to lose that set of