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."

said and took his hand. "Could we speak privately for a

drifted

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

he whispered, his voice grounding me in the present, but the memory

I murmured, my voice barely audible. "Pyra's daughter... Siora. She looked just like Anya. She... she was killed in

eyes searching mine for answers. Another light flickered in

blinked

don't you start from

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

eyed him.

for a moment before he clenched his

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 and the

"She's quiet... I don't think she meant to remember. I'm not sure if she meant to show it to me either." I shuddered. "It's like she's grieving all over again. Seeing Anya brought

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 Celestial Compass, her grief and rage were a

understand was this low-level and persistent sense of fear. What had scared her so

with Maya in her private parlor, laughing over tea and snacks. There was a stack of records on the table as

I hope everything is alright?"

"Sorry, I just... needed

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Pyra still

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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, 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 the chance

taken from her. I sat down and

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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