The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 68

CH68 Morgan

Heated at the thought. But I knew he was just trying to distract me. His heart was pounding beneath my hand. Then, slowly, it's harder to slow, as if his fear was starting to fade.

"A gold dragon is meant to rule... A green dragon is meant to grow... A red dragon is meant to scheme,"

I snickered. Is Ari a red dragon?"

I pouted. "You mean to tell me that Kai is going to turn into a schemer? He's so sweet, though."

Tsuneo chuckled. "That is not a guarantee. You won't know what kind of dragon he is until his scale start coming in

"So a dragon scales don't necessarily determine the skills of their offspring?"

"Correct."

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"Okay, I'm learning something new every day here. Where are you going with this?"

"A blue dragon is thought to be second best to a gold dragon, as vast as the ocean. but not necessarily as benevolent. The urge to

o rule and the patience to rule is there. There have been times in history where a blue dragon has sat on the throne Because there was not a gold dragon in the family at the

time

Reiji?"

I flinched." I hate the fact that I could figure that out so quickly. All right, and so? You're a... some other color dragon, right? The opposite of gold is... purple?"

He chuckled darkly. "No, Morgan, I'm not. Though it's interesting that you mentioned a purple dragon."

"There are purple dragons?" I rolled my eyes. "Let me guess as an entire rainbow? Have I met an orange dragon?"

"Orange dragons don't exist in that way. Colors that can be made in mixes are a product of having mixed parentage like Maya."

I sat up, looking down at him gleefully. "Are you about to tell me that Maya is a princess? She's got that bronze color to her scales! That's like gold and... brown or something? Are there brown dragons?

Tsuneo set up. "Maya is my cousin. Illegitimate, yes, but no less cherished. Fuses to live in the harem as a princess because she doesn't want to complicate her life. Her mother was killed for her relationship with my uncle. My uncle was a red dragon.... her mother was something else."

clenched.

uncle?"

did not survive it. Tsuneo looked

her scale colors, it's not as clear cut as mixing colors as you

is

the youngest of my father's

spun. "That makes some sense. She definitely

going to have to get her to stop calling me

this point." I

taking this quite

given me any reason to

to come." He took a deep breath. "I understand

not exactly be true, so when I tell you that I simply did not want you to think of me any differently,

told me that what he was about to tell me was going

freshly scaring me. Just

went still. His gaze pierced me. "And unlike a golden dragon, there can only be

I tried

knew he could tell that his words had terrified me. He was right, there were plenty of stories of black dragons ravaging the world, destroying things, laying waste to whole countries. I could not comprehend how this man could be a black dragon. Yet as I thought more about

Keiji... it made more and

sense.

your face says, you've heard

know very well how

of someone's entire

at me. I could tell he wanted to ask, but

it into the

defenders. Guardians. We are possessive and vicious. The

The first dra

have come into

said. "When you said void, I sort of expected it

elders may know or suspect what kind of dragon I am. Its likely a large reason of why they've been so reluctant to

-The

my age."

What do you mean?"

you. Golden

have the benevolence, the endless patience and all required to be good nalers Black dragons

is a