The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 68

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

you know the legend of the first dragon

that's made it all

a creature of immense power and beauty. But with great power came great loneliness, and so the

"If you overthink the stories, they cease to be

I shrugged. "Go on.

one for origin or creation

stories that I was told as a child, the things our records say. These and the versions

realm was a place

a place of fantasy.

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that the first dragon, alone in a world of chaos, yearned for companionship. In answer to his plea, a phoenix was born, a creature of light

but

and phoenix

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, all the creatures Blocked to them and together they built this world and the next. the Phoenix drew

world." He paused.

line between the human and the

felt a lump form in my throat. Images flashed through

a beautiful story," I

though

questioning look." I have always felt the same. His eyes searched mine. As if the details didn't quite add up. As if the story was always

I smiled at him

as though I'm not the only

shall we get out? The water will

me out of the bath. We dressed for bed and headed towards our sleeping chambers A sense of peace

him shift, His fingers gently tracing patterns on

his

"I am." I replied, my voice barely

hesitated. "I could say the

smiled. "I'll tell you if

through him. I don't want you

I cant misunderstand anything if I

He chuckled."true"

about it, we don't have to talk about it. I know you're

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