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

the legend of the first

that's made it

A void filled with darkness and despair. And then, from that void, rose the first dragon, a creature of immense power and beauty. But with great power

overthink the stories, they cease to be enjoyable... don't you

I shrugged. "Go on.

had never been one for origin or

a child, the things our records say. These and the versions I

realm was a place

a place of fantasy.

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

at that, but I didn't say

and

was filled with darkness, and there were those who sought to destroy their harmony. The dragon and phoenix fought valiantly and

world." He paused.

drew the line between the human and the supernatural world. When humans became too

in my throat. Images flashed through my mind, but

beautiful

as though

me with a 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

the only

get out? The

dressed for bed and headed towards our sleeping chambers A sense of peace

while later, I felt him shift, His

murmured, his voice

am." I replied, my voice barely a whisper. "But

could say the same

smiled. "I'll tell you if you tell me

through him. I don't

misunderstand anything

He chuckled."true"

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

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