The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 116

Chapter 116

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Morgan.

I gasped, opening my eyes and looked up at Anya who looked down at me with concern.

"Lady Morgan, are you all right?"

back

The memory began to dissolve, the sounds retreated back into Pyra's memories, but I could shake the image of Siora's face contorted in shock. I could still smell the blood in the air. Her lifeless body ripped apart and thrown everywhere as the war raged on around her.

I swallowed and forced a smile, nodding. My heart pounding, tears stinging my eyes.

"Sorry, I just... had a vision, I think."

Anya's eyes widened. "You're a seer, Lady Morgan?"

I shook my head. "Not exactly."

I took a deep breath and stood. "Why don't you rest for a little while longer? We'll reconvene about this council business closer to lunch."

She nodded with a thankful murmur before lying back down. Pyra was oddly still and quiet in the back of my mind.

"Do you know where Tsuneo is?"

Haruka smiled. "Second lesson: listen to the palace.

I chuckled, nodding, feeling silly. I reached out, searching for him, when I found him growling and pacing in his office. He looked up as if he could feel me searching for him, then he vanished. "You needed me?"

I turned, gasping as he appeared behind me.

"When could you

He chuckled. "Recently."

do," I said and took his hand. "Could we speak privately for

we floated and drifted through the shadows of

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we were back in our chambers, the fire was still crackling softly in the hearth. Tsuneo guided me to a chair and kneeled beside as tears started to slip down my

the present, but the memory still echoed in

I murmured, my voice barely audible. "Pyra's daughter... Siora. She looked just like

brow furrowed, his eyes searching mine for

he blinked it

start from the

nodded, trying to make sense of what I had seen. "Anya looks

I eyed him.

looked away, his expression blank for a moment before he clenched his

but I had never imagined..." Tsuneo shook his head. "We can talk at length about... the last time there was a Convening of the Celestial Compass

to remember. I'm not sure if she meant to show it to me either." I shuddered. "It's like

understanding-of her pain, her silence, and the fire that burned inside her. Pyra had lost so much in that war, and now, as we faced the Convening of the Celestial Compass, her grief and rage were a part of me, just as much

fury, but what I didn't understand was this low-level and persistent sense of fear. What had scared her so

already sitting with Maya in her private parlor, laughing

hope everything is alright?"

nodded. "Sorry, I just... needed

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Pyra still wasn't speaking to

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me, but I held it back. Anya had been through a lot, she had suffered greatly, but she was strong. Pyra's desire to coddle her was understandable, but she wasn't Siora. If she felt ready and able to contribute to the kingdom and the path forward, whatever that would look like, she deserved

taken from her. I sat down

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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