The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 131

Chapter 131

The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

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Tsuneo

As I headed back to the main part of the palace, the weight of Tarofu's words lingered in my mind. It wasn't surprising that he felt that way. I could feel how painful the thought was for him. Being without Pyra for all this time, dormant at the back of my mind or however this worked, had been nothing short of torture. Their love was the basis for why my father had barely been holding on to life after my mother had died. It was why finding your phoenix was so important in the first place. To think that the other rulers of the Celestial Compass had been enemies before was something new. I walked to stand in front of the tapestry that detailed the history of the celestial realm and its relationship with the human realm.

I'd seen it a hundred times before, yet I had never suspected that there was so much more to the tapestry's story, or that there was such a lie in it. From the anxiousness I felt from Tarofu, it was clear that there was a good chance that the issues that plagued the Compass still would.

If they had come for Pyra once, they would surely come again-and this time, the stakes were higher. Morgan was wrapped in this, and with the veil still up...

I frowned at that. The veil?

It won't come down.

The queen used to be able to manipulate it.

Of course, but your Morgan and my Pyra are not in a state to do so.

My eyes widened. What does that even mean?

He chuckled. Let's talk about it further after you have consummated your marriage, hm?

My face heated and I scowled, turning my mind away from the veil. I followed the colors in the tapestry until my eyes landed on the swirling darkness at the bottom of the tapestry. The power that

in pool, the black dragon's essence, was going to be a problem. Was there a better way to hide

it?

The palace was so unstable at the moment, that there was a good chance

I had no idea how to best start preparing to weed out the rest of the traitors. in the

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saw Morgan waiting for me, her

with a bit of curiosity and concern. I could

had

on her mind, that she was turning over some problem in

but as she smiled at me, I pushed the

day been going?"

enlightening. There's a hidden chamber, an old place that belonged to Tarofu. It holds the black dragon's

"Yes."

She chuckled.

"What's so funny?"

so..." She shook her head. "So how do you keep people from accessing it who aren't supposed to? Does anyone else know it's there?" "Tarofu made it clear that the last war was partly over Pyra and partly over

she stood beside me. "Then we'll do whatever it takes to keep it hidden... There's no chance you can absorb it or

"It came to mind, but he's not saying

a last resort."

don't even want to know what he

"Me either."

quiet before the storm that we both

nature of what

me."

arm gently, her voice soft but steady, "Maybe he's trying to give us time to be

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smiled, at the

passed between us before I glanced back toward

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