The Dragon King's Substitute Bride
Chapter 111
Chapter 111
Bride
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Tsuneo
Beautiful.
Breathtaking.
My Pyra....
Pyra... I blinked as the name, the word, rang through my mind. I had never thought about it. before, but it was an old word for light and fire, generally meaning life-giving fire. It was generally our word for true, healing fire? ad it become our word for healing because of what Tarofu called his wife? The stories said that when the phoenix died so long ago, all life went cold and nearly vanished.
Slowly, her body floated and landed on the banks. The glow began to fade. Her face was serene and peaceful. I reached out, my hand hovering between us. A wave of warmth washed over me, a comforting energy that seemed to radiate from her. My feet dragged me forward, drifting like a moth to a flame. Then, I reached her, my fingers brushing against her cheek.
I felt a jolt of energy, a connection forming between us. Morgan's eyes fluttered open, her gaze meeting mine, no longer that rich brown, but glowing golden and red, like red-gold and molten
gold.
*Morgan?"
"Tsuneo," she whispered. 'I hope... you've been behaving with that troublemaker in your head."
I laughed, sweeping her into my arms.
"Don't ever do that again."
"I don't plan on it... I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
"Much better now."
Hayato
Morgan embraced. Hearing my son's laughter eased some of the pain in my chest, but not the the guilt. The air was charged with something I hadn't felt in a long time. I felt it thrumming in my chest as I leaned
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Hope.
that things would be okay. Hope that maybe I could go back to that beautiful place with
for outward displays of emotion unless in private. He'd loved Haruka just
from the four-day coma, after all. Looking at them now, it felt even more obvious. The way he looked at her, the way Morgan's hand rested gently on his chest, it was as if they had
well of grief that I had nearly drowned in years ago. Haruka's absence felt as acute and as heart-wrenching-as painful-as the moment I'd found her body. I thought of Tsuneo's words,
to stay there, still gnawed at
me to hear, and she smiled
or care that there was anyone or anything else in the world. I pushed to my
their reunion in peace and return to
of my hand. I had used them for years to come to this garden or get around unseen in the palace, either to visit Tsuneo or handle court affairs. These past five years, they had been
that sanctuary more
I reached the entrance to the passage, I heard something-a
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but I was not armed. I couldn't even remember the last time I carried a sword regularly. No one should have been in these tunnels. Few knew of their existence, and even fewer had access to them. My mind raced, wondering who it could be. An assassin? A
he have even gotten this far into the
they were ming quickly, almost frantically, so fast I barely had a chance to ready myself. Then, I froze in place, stunned and haunted
if I had seen a ghost. As much as I wanted to run to her,
in the garden, not that place. It wasn't possible. I had to be
dream I'd had of
How could she
longer than she usually had it. It bounced with every step. The crown bounced off her head, clattering to the ground. The sound rang true, but still I back ed
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