They read in silence for an hour. The book told of a war fought not for an iron chair, but for a thing called the Sunstone , a gem that could command the seasons. It spoke of a prince who was promised, but the prince was a woman named Visenya, who rode a dragon the color of sea foam. It described the Others not as silent, beautiful creatures of ice, but as shambling, grey-skinned things with glowing red eyes, called the Hollow Men .

He dipped the quill in ink and began to write. Not what was true. But what should be.

“It’s wrong,” Gerris whispered.

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