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."

his hand. "Could we speak privately for

drifted

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

in the present, but the memory

"Pyra's daughter... Siora. She

his eyes searching mine for answers. Another light flickered in

he blinked

start from the

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

went stiff. I eyed him. "You know this story

blank for a moment before he clenched his

is 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 and the hell that broke out, but...

think she meant to remember. I'm not sure if she meant to show

it came a deep understanding-of her pain, her silence, and the fire that burned inside her. Pyra had lost

this low-level and

Haruka. She was already sitting with Maya in her private parlor, laughing over tea and snacks.

I hope everything

I just... needed

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say. Pyra still

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will be here

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,

already been taken from her. I

"Sounds great."

Haruka

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