The Dragon King's Substitute Bride
Chapter 17
Chapter 17
The Dragon King's Substitute Bride
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Morgan
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, Keiji
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be king," I said. "Aren't you
first," Keiji
"See?"
drew a line of sparkling light across his chest. The wound closed, and his robe sewed itself back
be looking to have dinner with the family. Perhaps you'll start to understand." He
Keiji asked. "The man who can't speak,
a historical
queen's study?" "Chosen by the heavens and
what that means." "No, but you do. And right now, that's even for
"Father is right, you
chuckled to himself, walking away. The floor pulsed beneath my feet in time with footsteps, I was sure. It wasn't until I saw him on the stairs that I sheathed my sword and tumed back
something to do with Tsuneo's coma. I'd deal with him, but for now, I wondered if Ael would
the way they had been from the Trial came down the steps. They
at Ael.
"Your Majesty? Are you
alright?" 2/4
realizing that I
course
tether by He pulled one out and showed it to me.
in
through slow. I looked around. I see
I could see and willed the cart Boat and the gateway. I bumped into the gateway genth I winced and huffed. I could hit myself. 1 my hand on the crate and walked through the mirro: with it before handing off the key. His eyes were
into tears
put
I hope
to move everything from the foyer into the cave and even longer to haul it all out of the cave. Ael had organized a whole lesion of caravans to
Majesty. Where would you like
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