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

know the legend of the

head. "Not a story that's made it all these

there was only chaos. 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 came great loneliness, and so the dragon yearned for a

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

I shrugged. "Go on.

for origin or

about the stories, but 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.

realm was a place

a place of fantasy.

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

frowned at that, but I didn't

dragon and phoenix

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

world." He paused.

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

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

beautiful

though there is something

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

I smiled at him

the

shall we get out? The water will get

I nodded and let him help me out of the bath. We dressed for bed and headed towards our sleeping chambers

later, I felt him shift, His fingers gently

murmured, his voice low and

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

say the

"I'll tell you if you tell me

low rumble went through him. I don't want you

anything if I

He chuckled."true"

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