The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 133

Chapter 133

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She raised an eyebrow. "You're telling me that after everything we've been through, you still want

more excitement?"

There was playful glint in her eyes. I couldn't help but lean closer.

"I never said I wanted more troubling excitement. Just the fun kind. The kind where you and I can run off somewhere, explore a part of the realm untouched by most, somewhere peaceful with just a few hidden gems that don't have massive importance to the realm." "... You want to go hunting for seashells."

"What?"

"It's something my father used to say," she said. "Apparently, Adele was from near the coast. he take her seashell hunting sometimes. It's harmless, like a treasure hunt."

I flinched at that.

"What?"

"Treasure hunting is dangerous," I said. "You have a good chance of encountering dragons who have lost themselves to their baser nature."

She sighed. "Not literal treasure. Just seashells."

"Some seashells are made out of pure diamonds. Treasure."

Her jaw dropped. "You have got to be kidding!"

"Afraid not."

"Fine. No seashells... Grasshoppers."

"A prized commodity for their music."

"Goldfish?"

"Never," I said, almost horrified. "They're blessed by the water fairies."

She narrowed her eyes. "Why does it seem like everything that would be normally just

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enough to be fun seemed to be

of what treasure is on this side

What's no

"Trouble's half the

but join her. Our laughter mixed with the gentle rustling of the trees. We lay out beneath the

peace settled over me. Morgan let out a soft sigh of contentment. Her hand was still resting in mine, her thumb absentmindedly tracing circles against my skin. I could feel her warmth, and the bond between us felt new, but

stay here forever," she murmured, her voice almost lost to

"Tempting as it is, I'm afraid our duties won't wait that long. I'm pretty

a mock groan. "Don't remind me, but you're probably

her down, curling into her

"We can't hide

longer," I whispered. "Never in the history of the entire royal family has two newlyweds been separated for so long, so frequently, and for so many dangerous

me, wrapping her arms

just a little

in the comfortable silence, the hum of the garden filling the gaps where words might have been. Every now and then, I would wake as she shifted a little. I'd look up at her, taking in the way the fading sunlight kissed her skin, how her hair glimmered in the golden light. She looked peaceful and assured of her

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my gaze because

little longer," she said, not

I can

replied. "I'm always

opened then and met

very romantic or very

romantic," I said, leaning in closer. "But also a little concerning, considering everything going

I almost groaned in

"Come on."

"Where are we going?"

she said, her voice light. "The gardens are too beautiful not to enjoy them a little, and walking

with

by clusters of vibrant blooms, their colors popping against the greenery. Morgan

gave her as much information

never would've pegged you as a

father was a doctor, so I learned to make a lot of remedies

plan to be a doctor? If you didn't have to be

It didn't have the patience for it. And I knew there

parents could

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