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

know the legend of the first

that's made it all these years. Tell

that void, rose the first dragon, a creature of immense power and beauty. But with great power came

they cease to be enjoyable... don't

I shrugged. "Go on.

been one for origin or creation myths. It always

these 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 hardly mattered. He

realm was a place

a place of fantasy.

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of chaos, yearned for companionship. In answer to his plea, a phoenix was born, a

at that, but I didn't

and phoenix

sought to destroy their

world." He paused.

between the human

Images flashed through my mind,

beautiful

as though there is something

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

I smiled at him

I'm not the only one who's

out? The water

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

him shift, His fingers gently

murmured, his

bummed in agreement, snuggling closer to him. "I am." I replied,

hesitated. "I could say the

smiled. "I'll tell you if you

went through him. I don't

misunderstand anything if I don't know

He chuckled."true"

heart shaded to race under 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 just hoped to make

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