The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 88

Chapter 87

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Hayato

The days turned into nights, and the nights into days. I watched over Tsuneo, heart aching with every passing moment. The palace hadn't allowed me to go back to the garden, so I could only hope that was a good sign.

But how much longer did I have?

The sedatives were wearing off. Doctor Shang had to administer them every hour now, and they were looking to stop being effective at all soon. Tsuneo would wake, and I had no answers for him.

My eyes ached from lack of sleep, my body heavy with exhaustion. But I refused to rest. I paced back and forth, my mind racing, searching for a solution.

Whoever had sold the poison had vanished into thin air, but I made it a point to locate anyone who might have possession of its ingredients and the finished form and ban the sale of it in the kingdom. The palace was in chaos. The kingdom had been thrust back into a state of terror, the same terror that had plagued us for the years Tsuneo was unconscious but worse. The nobles were squabbling, the people were restless.

I turned to Doctor Shang.

"Is there anything else we can do?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper.

He shook his head, he looked just as tired as I was. Resigned and utterly hopeless.

"The sedative is the best we have," she replied, her voice barely a whisper. "But it won't last much.

longer."

"How much longer do we have?"

"Hours, perhaps..."

A wave of despair washed over me. Would that be enough time?

My heart ached. "By the heavens and waters... will it never end?"

sorry, Your Majesty," he

my foolish daughter who set this all in motion."

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my cheek. I had failed him, I had failed my

you to start making preparations to evacuate the palace. No one but the guards, the Knights, trained members of the Imperial forces is to remain." I looked over at him. don't think I have to tell you what will happen when he wakes up."

I am a prudent king

He nodded and left.

as I waited for the time to count down. I watched Tsuneo grow more aware slowly. He wasn't waking up

over me.

palace. I... I have no way of

hands together. "I know you have feared taking the throne all these years because of your nature. I know you've also feared that I would simply slip away into

I need you to be need you to

a frantic knock sounded on the

"Come in," I said.

the room, his face

when

I

he gasped, his voice barely a whisper. "We have

heart pounded in my

is it from?" I demanded, my voice

from side to side. "From the Kingdom of Danta, he replied, his voice barely a

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My eyes

had been at war with them on and off for centuries. I thought that when my wife was declared dead and my air comatose, they would have attacked, but they didn't. I suppose they were just lying in wait for something like this

does it say?"

I unrolled it, my eyes scanning the words. As I read, a wave

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