King Jaehaerys and the Dragonkeepers present were stunned as they watched Amoros breathe dragonfire at Danyla's command. They all knew this was the sign that a Great Dragon had successfully accepted a rider.
Everyone had been surprised that Danyla could command Myracis, whom she had hatched herself, but they could still understand it. After all, a relatively gentle Great Dragon like Silverwing was quite affectionate toward the Targaryens she knew.
Danyla had spent nearly ten years hatching Myracis, so no one found it particularly strange that she was close to Danyla and obeyed her commands.
But Danyla and Amoros had only just met! And the fact that Nila had improved Amoros's condition simply by singing a song a few times was astonishing in itself!
Only King Jaehaerys knew that the song Danyla sang was far more than it seemed.
Although Danyla's song had clearly improved Amoros's condition, the others knew nothing about the spells of Old Valyria, so they all assumed she had merely been singing to him.
It was just like the ancient lullaby passed down through House Targaryen, which could awaken sleeping Great Dragons.
"Bathe in fire together, soar together; hear me sing, blood and fire share one source; fire has spoken, the price is paid, the magic of blood; words like flames, gazing into clear eyes; three travel together, I sing for you, we are together, we will take flight as promised."
As Amoros's orange-red dragonfire, threaded with green ripples, lit up the dim Dragonpit, the temperature around them rose sharply.
Jaehaerys finally made his decision.
"Unfasten the chains!"
Since Danyla could control Amoros too, King Jaehaerys naturally no longer wished to keep him imprisoned in the depths of the Dragonpit.
Once a Great Dragon had accepted someone's control, another person could not easily claim him, especially