A Child in Time

He was not present for her birth. She was the girl born amidst salt and smoke at Dragonstone, while her father labored unheralded in King’s Landing for his royal brother. Her mother’s scream was muted even in labor; Selyse was a woman who kept her own counsel. A raven was sent to King’s Landing announcing the birth, and a raven was what came back to Dragonstone, not Shireen’s father.