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."

heart clenched.

uncle?"

not survive it. Tsuneo looked

and it happened before I was born. As for her scale colors, it's not as

Keiji is your

am the youngest of my father's children,

head spun. "That makes some sense. She

sister vibes. I'm definitely going to have to get her to stop calling

my cousin at this point." I

are taking this quite

haven't given me any reason to freak

deep breath. "I understand that you think that much of our culture has not

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

me that what he was about to

me. Just tell me

"And unlike a golden dragon, there can only be one of me at

swallowed thickly, I tried to

was pulsing through me. but I 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 that night he saved

made more

sense.

your face says, you've heard

his eyes. "I know very well how easy it is to

of someone's entire

me. I could tell

it into the

known to be ferce defenders. Guardians. We are possessive

The first dra

have come into existence

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

kind of dragon I am. Its likely a large

-The

my age."

What do you mean?"

told you.

and all required to be good nalers Black dragons are

a king