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 do

He chuckled. "Recently."

his hand. "Could

we floated and drifted

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until 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

in the present, but the memory still

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

for answers. Another light flickered

he blinked it

you start from the

"Anya looks exactly like her. I saw... I saw her

him.

for a moment before he clenched his

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

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

clenched my hands. I looked at 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 the

now, I understood her fury, but what I didn't understand was this

and I went to find Haruka. She was already sitting with Maya in her private parlor, laughing over

hope everything is

"Sorry, I just...

d

Pyra still wasn't speaking

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be

strong. Pyra's desire to coddle her was

much had already been taken from her. I sat down

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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