Nobody thought she would become pregnant for a third time, as those were turbulent times. During a visit to the Stone Steps to see her husband after three years, Princess Rhaenys became pregnant. "High-risk pregnancy," the maester called it, as the young Velaryon wanted to be born prematurely during the journey her parents made to claim a dragon egg from Dragonstone.

The girl, named Alyssa, was born on that ship swayed by the tide. She came into the world premature but crying like a thunderous squall. Rumors say that her love for the sea began then when she refused to be born beside a dragon egg and chose to do so amidst the silver waves.

Just as her mother loved flying and tearing through the sky, Alyssa found true pleasure only by sailing the seas, diving into their waters, seeking the treasures hidden within the shells...

Unlike her siblings, who were guided by their Valyrian heritage, Alyssa didn't care about not having a dragon. It truly didn't matter to her as long as she could dive into the sea at dawn and watch the sunrise among its waters. She could leave the skies to her brothers, her cousins, and any Targaryen who wished to dominate them. She would keep the vast ocean, for like a true Velaryon, her blood called for the salt that floated in the sea breeze, and the only place she wanted to hear the wind moan was in the canvas of a dromond.

Feeling the sun burn her cheeks, hearing the waves patter against the hull, sailing towards freedom, and in the future... who knows? Perhaps captaining her own ship. That was the aspiration of the young Alyssa Velaryon, but her father's greed and palace intrigues will plunge her into a deep pit from which she will struggle to emerge alive.

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This is the first story I have managed to finish writing after leaving so many unfinished.

Warning: The dialogues taken from the series are from the Spanish version. I have translated them from Spanish to English, so I'm not sure if they will be the same as the original version.

I hope you like it, get frustrated, and love this story, just as I have loved writing it.

Because it's the first of many!