The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 131

Chapter 131

The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

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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?

to control. The palace was so unstable at the moment, that there was a good chance that they

best start preparing to weed

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I reached the courtyard, I saw Morgan waiting for me, her arms crossed, the hint

as she looked at me with a bit of curiosity

had

she was turning over some

what, but as she smiled at me, I pushed

your day been going?" she asked,

and ran a hand through my hair. "It's been... enlightening. There's a hidden chamber, an old place that belonged to Tarofu. It holds the black dragon's power-an ocean disguised as a puddle. Her smile faltered slightly, her brow furrowing.

"Yes."

She chuckled.

"What's so funny?"

from accessing it who aren't supposed to? Does anyone

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

but he's not saying anything

a last resort."

shuddered. "I don't even want to know what he could possibly need

"Me either."

moment, sharing the quiet before the storm that we both

the true nature of what we're up against. Tarofu... isn't

me."

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

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before I glanced back toward the

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