The Dragon King's Substitute Bride
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
The Dragon King's Substitute Bride
CH4
The only thing I could think was where had he been hiding the knife?
I glanced toward the door. Was Maya still outside? Wouldn't she come to check on me? Then, the fear started to turn to anger. Hundreds of years of young women being taken from their homes and forced through the Trial, and he was perfectly, actively awake. I narrowed my eyes up at him, glaring.
I should have let him stay dirty.
"Nod, if you understand me."
He
glared at me. The colors of his eyes shifted with some emotion I couldn't name. I nodded. stiffly, suppressing the urge to bite his hand. He didn't move, though, still breathing softly and hovering over me. His braid started to unravel, spilling his hair over his shoulder in a thick wa wave. The scent of it hit me. It smelled like lilies. Someone had been washing him all this time. He'd probably just gotten bathed before I passed through the gate. I could have kicked myself, but there was still the question of what that darkness was and how long it would take before I could make my escape. I lay there waiting for him to figure out what he was going to do. Given that he spent a lot of time just lying in bed all day, you'd think he'd had enough time to contemplate what he'd do if passed through the Trial. He cocked an eyebrow at me. "You think very plainly."
anyone
I frowned at him. What the hell did that mean? More importantly, why the hell should I care?
"You aren't..." He leaned closer, thrusting his nose toward my neck. I turned my head away, trying to get away from him. My heart was in my throat. If it wasn't for the knife in my side, I would have rammed my knee into his groin already. pulled back. His eyes were brighter.
He "You will not touch me again. If you must sleep, you'll do it elsewhere."
I rolled my eyes. Did he really think that I wanted to be here? If he was awake all this time, he hadn't been listening to a damn thing I said. I frowned. Maybe... he hadn't been awake all this time. I searched his face, but he huffed. "You're smart for a human. The last one I met had the sense to be terrified."
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He looked toward the door. "Who is Maya?"
He didn't know his own staff?
"Mayara....." He huffed and glanced left and then right, searching for something.
"It seems there
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other option." He looked down at me. "You will not touch
up. "You
him. Why the hell would I listen
rippled through his scales. The darkness that had faded
from over me. "Betray me, and I'll kill you myself." Great, a murderous psychopath. Just what I needed. One who could apparently hear my thoughts. I shifted over in bed to the farthest corner, letting him take the spot he'd been in just moments before. Even with him there, there was enough space beside him. I had half a mind to sleep on the floor,
enough to fit me. Then, my eyes grew too heavy to keep open. As the last bit of moonlight turned
the dresser across the The morning came
hold on. I
name for.
I stared at him, pursing my lips His lips didn't even twitch. I guessed he had enough
in.
Your Majesty. Congratulations on your
you never say that again and get me out of here sooner
out of the room. "Next time, I
shouldn't
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Tho
Ari do
from the night before, his warning, all swirled
you
to prepare you to meet with the Imperial Elders." She looked back.
"Who?"
Dragon King,"
blinked. "The man in
the crown prince. His Majesty is
have to thank for being scared
Instead of their concealed. dagger, I brought the one my father had gifted me.
When
The
stupid robe, I could probably make it
gate was
He leered at me, and there was something in his s eyes that told me he knew something I had no interest in finding out. The old man with the crown stared at me with the coldest expression I'd ever seen. His scales were
he said. "And
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