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.

squeaked. "When could you

He chuckled. "Recently."

took his hand. "Could

we floated and drifted through the

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fire was still crackling softly in the hearth. Tsuneo guided me to a chair and kneeled

me in the present, but

voice barely audible. "Pyra's daughter... Siora. She looked just like

for

he blinked

don't you start from the

trying to make sense of what I had seen. "Anya looks exactly like her. I saw... I saw her

eyed him. "You know this

away, his expression blank for a moment before he

imagined..." Tsuneo shook his head. "We can talk at length about... the last time there was a Convening of the

to show it to me either." I shuddered.

loss settled heavily on me, but along with it came a deep understanding-of her pain, her silence, and the fire that burned inside her. Pyra had

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

Maya in her private parlor, laughing over tea and snacks. There was a stack of

I hope everything is alright?" Haruka

"Sorry, I just...

d

still

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will be here

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

from her. I sat

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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