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Demelza Dayne in Gardens of Misery

PART IV

The Dance of the Dragons has begun, and as Lady of Casterly Rock, Demelza's voice is a pivotal one. With envoys sent from both Rhaenyra and Alicent, she faces a predicament: choose between the women she has known since they were girls. An impossible choice, with impossible odds. Yet Demelza's daughters, the Dornish Diamonds, have always had wills of their own. A fateful choice ends in tragedy, and so Demelza feels the sting of grieving a child as she is forced to bury one of her beloved daughters. More than grief, she feels rage. As Demelza's fury threatens to turn the tide, her surviving daughters are left reeling. Elyana Sand, a prisoner within the walls of King's Landing, forced to play the game with her increasingly dangerous lover, Aemond Targaryen. Ceridwen Rivers, travelling to Dragonstone and kneeling before Grey Ghost to earn the mantle of the Red Rider. If there is a power stronger than a mother's love, it is a mother's grief...as Rhaenyra knows, as Demelza finds out, as Alicent will soon learn.

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[kingsmakers]

Demelza Dayne in Gardens of Misery

PART I

Demelza Dayne, Alicent Hightower and Rhaenyra Targaryen were said to be the closest of friends as children. However once Viserys’ first wife died, things began to change between them. All three entered in the full bloom of their beauty, Alicent becoming betrothed to Viserys and putting tension between her and Rhaenyra. Demelza, meanwhile, gained the attention of several admirers, including Criston Cole and Daemon Targaryen.

The friendship between the girls was vital for another purpose: as Demelza was from a prominent Dornish family, it was thought she may be able to bring Dorne into the fold. The youngest of five siblings, Demelza was nonetheless an attractive marriage prospect. She was accompanied at most times by her guardian and confidante, Valko Sand.

The friendship between the girls reached a breaking point after Alicent bore Viserys a son, and Demelza abruptly departed King’s Landing for Starfall. She did not write to either Alicent or Rhaenyra for a time, and it would be years before the true purpose for her exile came to light.

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Demelza Dayne in Gardens of Misery

PART III

Over a decade has passed since Rhaenyra’s marriage to Laenor Velaryon. Now the mother of three bastard daughters, and two legitimate children with her husband Lord Jason Lannister, Demelza Dayne returns to King’s Landing at the behest of Rhaenyra, to be present for the birth of her third child.

However, the dynamics at court have shifted. Alicent also seeks Demelza’s friendship. Elyana Sand, now a teenager, engages in entanglements of her own, as well as causing mischief with her two half-sisters, Rhyanon Waters and Ceridwen Rivers. Dubbed the Dornish Diamonds, a term coined by their uncle Dornish ambassador Lindon Dayne, the presence of the three girls ruffles feathers in King’s Landing.

Demelza’s loyalties are put to the test as the cracks between Rhaenyra and Alicent continue to deepen. As Lindon’s own influence grows, both at court and in Dorne, Demelza realises a curious truth: she is no longer a pawn, but a player.

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Demelza Dayne in Gardens of Misery

PART II

It has been three years since Viserys Targaryen and Alicent Hightower were married, and Demelza Dayne returns to court at King’s Landing. Rumours circulate about her disappearance, but she is determined to pay them no mind, seeking to reconnect with two best friends who are distant from each other as they are from her.

The emotions of teenage girls, however, are fragile things. As Demelza struggles to find her place in a court that has changed, she realises that her dynamics with Rhaenyra and Alicent have shifted. A fateful night, a terrible betrayal, a mistake born of spite and hurt feelings...as Rhaenyra’s secrets simmer beneath the surface, Demelza find that her own are about to be brought to light.

Then of course, there is Criston Cole. The man that whispers claim is the father of Demelza’s bastard daughter, Elyana Sand. A man torn in two between his duty as a Kingsguard, and his feelings for the mother of his child. His decisions to win Demelza’s favour culminate in a series of events that serve only to turn her against him and cast her into the arms of another.

For the Shining Star of Dorne sparkles all the brighter when she is motivated not by ill-placed love, but by spite.

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