The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 67

CH67 Morgan

The hesitation in him gave me pause. I looked up and saw it all over his face and the way his dark opall eyes flickered. He was hiding something from me. Pushing him would get me nowhere, so I said nothing, just watching him struggle with it. He'd confide in me when he was ready. We had at least gotten that far in our relationship for me to know that for certain.

For now, I just leaned against him, enjoying the heat of the baths.

"Should we talk about something else?"

"I don't mean to hide things from you."

"I know" I sighed and closed my eyes.

A few moments of silence passed before 1 thought of something to say.

"Tell me a story," I said, my voice soft, the gentle lapping of the water providing a soothing backdrop.

Tsuneo chuckled, his voice warm. My heart skipped a beat.

"I know you are young, but I did not expect you to be that young."

I nudged him. "And how old are you?"

In your realm's years, or mine?"

....yours."

"Five and twenty."

I blinked at that. I didn't even want to know what the equivalent was. Hundreds? Thousands? I shook my head. This is probably not what one of my aunts meant by marrying an older man, but I doubt she would have complained.

"Well, you're at least older than I am, so tell me a story.

"What kind of story?" he asked.

"Anything," I replied. Something about your realm."

He hummed

the legend of the first

story that's made it all these years.

power and beauty. But

"If you overthink the stories, they

I shrugged. "Go on.

origin or creation

are the stories that I was told as a child, the things our records say. These and the versions I kamu" When wrote the records was my first thought. But then

realm was a place

a place of fantasy.

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say that the first dragon, alone in a world of chaos, yearned for companionship. In answer

at that, but

and

Together, they brought order to the world, their love a beacon in the darkness. But their union was not without its challenges, Tsuneo continued. "The world was filled with darkness, and there were those who sought to destroy their harmony. The dragon and phoenix fought valiantly and became rulers of the realm. Within the chaos,

world." He paused.

the Phoenix also drew the line between the

form in my throat. Images flashed through my mind, but I couldnt make

a beautiful story," I

though there is

a questioning look." I have always felt the same. His eyes searched mine. As if the

I smiled at him

as though I'm not the

get out? The water will

highly doubted it, since he seemed to be like a furnace, but I nodded and let him help me out of the bath. We dressed for bed and headed towards our sleeping chambers A sense of peace washed over me when Tsuneo's arm wrapped around me, his body was

I felt him shift, His fingers gently tracing patterns on my

his voice

I replied, my voice barely

"I could say the same of

you if you tell me

him. I don't want you

I cant misunderstand anything if

He chuckled."true"

my palm. If you're not ready to talk about it, we don't have to talk about it. I know you're hiding something from me and it clearly distresses you... I had