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 you do

He chuckled. "Recently."

I said and took his hand.

and drifted

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fire was still crackling softly in the hearth. Tsuneo guided me to

in the present, but the memory still echoed

Siora. She looked just like Anya.

his eyes searching mine for answers. Another light flickered in his

blinked it

don't you start from the beginning,

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

stiff. I eyed him. "You know this story

for a moment before

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

to show it to me either." I shuddered. "It's like she's grieving all over again. Seeing Anya brought

her pain, her silence, and the fire that burned inside her. Pyra had lost so much in that

I didn't understand was this low-level and

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

everything is alright?"

I just...

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still

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be

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

from her. I sat down and poured

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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