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.

could you do

He chuckled. "Recently."

and took his hand. "Could we speak privately for

and drifted through the shadows

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were back in our chambers, the fire was still crackling softly in the hearth. Tsuneo guided me to

in the present, but the memory still echoed in my

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

mine for answers. Another

he blinked it

don't you start from the beginning,

looks exactly like her. I saw...

stiff. I eyed him.

for a moment before

an iridescent dragon, 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

if she meant to show it to

that burned inside her. Pyra had lost so much in that

this low-level

Haruka. She was already sitting with Maya in her private parlor, laughing

I hope everything is alright?" Haruka

nodded. "Sorry, I

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still wasn't

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will be

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, 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

from her. I sat down

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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