The Dragon King's Substitute Bride
Chapter 17
Chapter 17
The Dragon King's Substitute Bride
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Adrenaline surged through me as my body fell forward from the force of his pull. I reached into the robe, drew my sword, and swung quickly at his wrist. He released me, but he wasn't quick enough to completely dodge my follow-up swing. A surprised yelp escaped his lips as a crimson stain blossomed across his chest. I backpedaled, raising my blade into striking form and keeping my eyes on him.
He stumbled back, pressing his hand to his chest. His face contorted in a mixture of pain and fury.
"You...you little human!" he roared. "You dare attack a dragon prince?"
"How dare you attack the queen," I spat back, my voice surprisingly steady despite the rapid thudding of my heart. "You have treason in this world? I don't think pops will appreciate you putting your hands on his extraordinary daughter-in-law." Keiji glared at me, his eyes blazing with rage. He looked down at his bleeding chest and then at the blade in my hand.
Then, he licked the blood from his hand and smirked.
"Fiesty," he said. "You're wasted on my brain-dead brother."
"The heavens must know something you don't," I smirked. "Or something you do."
He laughed. "Tsuneo won't wake up." He licked his lips. "You'd be better off aligning with me, you know? A young woman like you wasted on a comatose idiot? The pleasures-
"You can stop there before you make me sick," I said. "Next time you get the bright idea to touch
I'll take your hand and then your head if I have the chance."
me,
He chuckled and walked around a cart. "We'll see how long you can remain loyal to your so-called husband."
I glared at him. "I don't have a thing for crazy, sore losers: What's your problem with Tsuneo? He's in a coma."
He sneered. "He shouldn't have been born."
to Tsuneo's words about his mother,
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want to be king," I said. "Aren't you
because he was born first," Keiji
"See?"
his chest. The wound
He chuckled. "All that talk
man who can't
a historical
could actually enter the queen's study?" "Chosen by the heavens and
what that means." "No, but you do.
is right, you are
The floor pulsed beneath my feet in time with footsteps, I was sure. It wasn't until I saw him on the stairs
was no doubt in my mind. that he had something to do with Tsuneo's coma. I'd
hours since my run-in with Keiji when Ael and others dressed the way they had been from the Trial came down the steps. They murmured
at Ael.
"Your Majesty? Are you
alright?" 2/4
realizing that I had been
a crash course
out and showed it to me. "When you have it, you can command it to move
in
slow.
bumped into the gateway genth I winced and huffed. I could hit myself. 1 my hand on the crate
into tears
put
a lot more, so I
haul it all out of the cave. Ael had organized a whole lesion of caravans to move the supplies, though. I rode back to my hometown with him, watching the sunset in the
course, Your Majesty. Where
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