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 dragon

that's made

power and beauty. But with great power came great loneliness, and so the dragon

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

I shrugged. "Go on.

for origin or creation

say I have not always had my doubts about the stories, but these are the stories that I was told as a child, the things our records say. These

realm was a place

a place of fantasy.

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

that, but

and phoenix

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, all the creatures Blocked to them and together they

world." He paused.

line between the human and the supernatural world.

felt a lump form in my throat. Images flashed through my

a beautiful

feels as though there is

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

I smiled at him

the only one

we get out?

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

His fingers gently tracing patterns on my

he murmured, his

to him. "I am." I

hesitated. "I could say the same

"I'll tell you if

low rumble went through him. I

anything if I don't

He chuckled."true"

to talk about

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