"It's a princess!"
Herb excitedly held the baby up for everyone to see.
This herb-obsessed Child of the Forest had now become the finest midwife on Holy Flame Island and Dragonstone. Thanks to her, infant survival rates on both islands had soared.
Maester Tigris, already a capable physician, had also learned a great deal about preparing medicines from her, further honing his skills. The two had even become friends despite their difference in age.
Viserys took the swaddled baby, with no disappointment in his eyes over her not being a boy.
"Let me see our Vinylla. Yes! Just as beautiful as her two elder sisters."
Vinylla was the name Viserys and Aemma had already agreed upon. If this baby was a boy, he would be called Baelon; if a girl, Vinylla.
Vinylla also had silver hair and purple eyes, a pureblood Targaryen princess, and she was far healthier than she had been in history. Danyla hurriedly took a string of beads from the cloth pouch she wore close to her body and hung it around the baby's neck.
She had strung it together using the pearl formed from the Sea Dragon's eye and cherry-sized Magic Gems. The workmanship was not particularly fine, since she had been pressed for time, but it was rich in magical energy and ideal for nourishing a newborn like Vinylla. She hoped it would defy fate and spare the girl an early death.
"That blue bead is rather unusual. What is it made of?"
Rhaenyra asked curiously.
"It's the eye of the Sea Dragon I killed. If you like it, sister, I can give you the other one."
Rhaenyra shook her head repeatedly at that.
"Never mind, never mind!"
"Just thinking about it is rather frightening. I'll go back to King's Landing tomorrow to look at