The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

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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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to be fun seemed

Took the stories of what treasure is on this side and sought that same treasure on

"Fine. What's no

grinned. "Trouble's half

join her. Our laughter mixed with the gentle rustling of the trees. We lay out beneath the trees, watching the clouds pass over her, and I let myself just

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

forever," she murmured,

it is, I'm afraid our duties won't wait that

out a mock groan. "Don't remind me,

up and I tugged her down, curling into her

laughed. "We can't

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

she turned to me, wrapping her arms around

just a little

I dozed off, half asleep and half awake 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

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must have serised my

escaping a little longer," she

I can

it," I replied.

and met my

either very romantic or

closer. "But also a little

then sat up. I almost groaned in protest until she stood and offered her hands

"Come on."

"Where are we going?"

said, her voice light. "The gardens are too

into step with her as we strolled down the garden path. The scent of flowers mingled with the earthy undertones of the soil, and the sound of our footsteps was the only noise apart from the distant

vibrant blooms, their colors popping

them, and I gave her as much information as

never would've pegged you as a flower enthusiast,"

father was a doctor, so I learned to make a lot of remedies from herbs and flowers. Not to

doctor? If you didn't have

It didn't have the patience for it. And I knew there was never going to be any other option but

could have had