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

He chuckled. "Recently."

his hand. "Could we

drifted through

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softly in the hearth. Tsuneo guided me to a chair and kneeled beside as tears started to slip

grounding me in the

her daughter," I murmured, my voice barely audible. "Pyra's daughter... Siora.

brow furrowed, his eyes searching mine for answers. Another light

blinked

start from

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

him. "You know this

his expression blank for a moment before he

talk at length about... the last time there was a Convening of the Celestial Compass and the hell that

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

my hands. The weight of Pyra's 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 lost so much in that war, and now, as we faced the Convening of

I didn't understand was this low-level and

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

hope everything

nodded. "Sorry, I just... needed

d

say. Pyra still

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be here

say something, fear and worry rushed through 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,

had already been taken from her. I sat down

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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