The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

"Lady Ari, please be respectful," an attendant said firmly. "She had passed the Trial of Fire."

She sneered at me. I returned her dismissive look. Ari flushed.

"Even if that's true, my brother deserves better," she snarled. "You have no right to wear the queen's colors, human!"

I narrowed my eyes. "Is that because you want to wear them?"

She snarled and drew a sword.

The attendants went still, but I darted forward, striking her in the wrist. She let the sword go, and I snatched it out of the air. Ari stumbled and tried to swipe at me, but I dodged and shoved her back into the wall, then pressed the blade to Ari's throat. Ari gasped and flashed her sharp teeth.

"Your Majesty--"

"Let me make something clear," I said. "You may have run around being a terror before I arrived, but I'm not one to be bullied."

She snarled. Her eyes flashed with light. "You human wretch. You'll regret this."

"Not as much as you will." I pressed the blade closer to her neck. "The next time you pull a sword on me, I'm going to take your fucking arm off."

She snarled. "My brother will never accept you."

I scoffed and stepped back, dropping the sword at her feet.

"I'm not asking him to. I didn't ask to be here. Send me back."

The attendants looked nervous. "That's not possible."

Ari snarled, snatching the sword up from the ground. "You..."

"Lady Ari, you've attacked Her Majesty," the attendant said. "Under the law..."

my hand. "Don't worry about arresting her. Just... report it to whoever the powers that be are. Whoever is going to get her in the

"Aren't there officials? Elders?"

said

"No, thanks."

"That's not an option."

I have

Their eyes glinted. "No."

I scoffed.

snarled at me. "Just you

stomped out. Two attendants followed

Maya. "I have to report to the Elders about you. Maya, please look after Her

as a gong started to ring

"What is that?"

Maya said. "It's just past dinner time, heading into the sleeping hours... As the

man... twice my size? Who I have never met? Seems a bit odd to be so...

"It is your

"I could kill him."

"Please don't... joke like

through a wall of magical fire and slapped a

the dragon lineage

"She seemed more than happy

her gaze. Her lips twitched into a smile. "Lady Ari was

enemy I didn't ask for. Why

chuckled. "It is tradition. You will

"Highly doubtful."

scent of burning bodies and shuddered. I watched Maya walk into the attached room. She brought back a bowl of hot water and a

if you need me." She

"Wait a second!"

Was this some odd idea for a marriage night? I shuddered, feeling more sick by the second. I looked down at the

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