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 dragon and phoenix?"

story that's made it all

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

stories, they cease to be

I shrugged. "Go on.

had never been one for origin or creation myths.

that I was told as a child, the things our records say. These and the versions I kamu" When wrote the records was my

realm was a place

a place of fantasy.

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

but I

dragon and phoenix

its challenges, Tsuneo continued. "The world was filled with darkness, and there were those who sought to destroy their harmony. The dragon

world." He paused.

the Phoenix also drew the line between the human and the

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

beautiful

feels as though

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

I smiled at him

as though I'm not the only one who's

out? The water will get

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

I felt him shift, His fingers

he murmured, his

bummed in agreement, snuggling closer to him. "I am." I replied, my voice barely a whisper. "But you're restless...

"I could say the same of

"I'll tell you

through him. I don't

misunderstand anything if I don't know

He chuckled."true"

it, we don't have to talk about it. I know you're hiding something from me and

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