The Dragon King's Substitute Bride (Morgan and Tsuneo)
Chapter 100

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Hayato

Slowly, the darkness parted. Light glimmered and danced. Clouds whirled around me. I could see her smiling up at me from our shared chambers, lounging beside me, draped in nothing more than the robe that had slipped from my shoulders a few hours prior.

Then, fear hit me. My heart ached with grief. My body felt too heavy to move, but was this death or rest? I couldn't tell, and the thought of leaving Tsuneo with the throne in this way, filled me

with quilt.

Still, I saw her smiling, her eyes filled with a sense of peace. I was with her, in a world of dreams and longing and that guilt started to fade. I tried to hold onto it. Tried to remember it, then I was falling, drifting to the ground like a leaf.

I opened my eyes and found myself standing in a vast, sunlit meadow. The air was filled with the sweet scent of wildflowers, and the sky was a clear, vibrant blue. The moment was familiar, too familiar to not know exactly where I was. I wandered through the meadow, my heart filled with

hope.

Then, I heard a familiar voice.

"Hayato."

I turned, my heart pounding in my chest. There she was, Haruka, standing in the center of the meadow, her eyes filled with a gentle smile. She was so beautiful, her hair waving in the breeze, her skin glowing with a soft, ethereal light. She was wearing her favorite of all my robes, the rich gold one. The one I'd had her laid to rest in as I couldn't bear to wear it, knowing that she wouldn't ever wear it again.

My feet were moving, my whole body leaning into it as I rushed, flew, glided across the meadow to wrap my arms around her. She laughed, wrapping her arms around me as I pulled her into my arms. We stumbled and tumbled down the slight incline. She laughed as we rolled.

We came to a stop and she pushed herself onto her elbows and smiled. A sense of peace wash over me. This was real, she was here. Wherever we were.

I cupped her face, reveling in the warmth of her face in my hand. I could barely breathe around the emotions building in my chest. The air was thick with tension, the kind that crackled between us like a storm about to break. It was just like it had been. The way my whole body felt electrified just being near her. Haruka smiled, lowering her face toward mine until we were barely an inch apart. Her breath ghosted over my face. I could feel her heart beating hard in her chest. Her eyes

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were dark, intense, searching my face as if she were trying to memorize every detail.

1 was certainly trying to memorize every detail of hers. Had she changed at all in these five years? Had 1?

"Haruka," I whispered, my voice rough, barely holding back the emotions.

She smiled, leaning closer to brush out lips together.

"All this time, dear husband, and you're not going to kiss me?"

The rush of heat that hit me at the sound of her voice, seared away any doubt or hesitation I had. The pull, the undeniable connection between us that had been there for the very first moment we met pulled hard. I couldn't resist. I didn't want to. It felt as though I had crossed these five years just for this moment.

Without thinking, I pulled her down to close the gap between us. She let out a soft, needy sound. I groaned. My blood heated. I rolled us over. She twined her legs around my waist with a soft giggle like always. I laughed along with her. Her hands reached for the ties of my robe, yanking and fumbling it open. Desperate as always. I took her mouth with slow, deep thrusts of my tongue, rolling my hips against her as she moaned.

The tears burning in my eyes fell, hot and heavy, but I couldn't stop. I didn't want to. I pulled back, lowering my mouth to nip and suck at her throat. I untied her robe and she wrapped her arms around me.

"I've missed you," she said, her breath hitching.

What little restraint I had vanished. I pulled her robe apart and untied the scrap

of cloth she wore as underwear. She lifted up and crashed our mouths together, crashing out lips together with a desperate, aching need.

The kiss was wild, unrestrained, a collision of years of yearning desire and longing. I kissed her and she twined her hands in my hair, tossing out the pins that held it up the way she always had.

The familiarity of it, the ease of it made my heart light. I tried to hold back the tears until I heard her breath hitch and a little whimpering cry escape her. I looked up and found her eyes glossy. Tears streamed down her face.

"I've missed you just as much," I said. "Haruka, my fire..."

She pressed our lips together gently and lifted up, crawling into my lap. The feeling of her heat and softness, every luscious inch of her in my arms, sent shivers down my spine. I could barely

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breathe.

She groaned. "Hayato... Hayato, please."

She didn't have to plead, but I loved the desperation in her voice. She nipped at my ear and grabbed my cock, stroking me. Heat pooled in my gut, but I didn't need her help to get hard. I lifted her leg onto my shoulder and helped her slide down onto me. I groaned into her mouth. She moaned, clutching me tightly, breathlessly. For a long moment, time stopped, and we clung to each other as if we were both afraid we would disappear.

Wasn't this the world between life and death? How much longer did we have together before we were separated again, maybe to never see each other again.

My heart raced. My mind spun, but all I could feel was her-her warmth and strength, the way her kiss and love ignited fires in me hot enough to melt through iron. I pressed her closer. She rolled her hips, riding me. I matched her pace then took over, setting a harder, deeper rhythm. She

trembled, panting into my mouth.

"Yes," she panted. "Hayato... Yes."

I kissed her, devouring her yet still hungry for more. I was lost in our mingling scents, the heat and pleasure spiraling and storming through me as I drove us closer and closer to the edge.

She shrieked, throwing her head aback as the pleasure crashed over her. I followed with a hoarse shout, thrusting hard and fast until all the energy seemed to vanish from me and I collapsed on top of her.

Still, we kissed gently, almost lazily. Our thrusts turned less frantic, but still deep and pleasurable as we chased the aftermath.

The world around us faded away until there was only the two of us. Slowly, I gentled the kiss, deepening it and holding her against me. I pulled back to rest my forehead against hers, our breath mingling. "Haruka," I whispered. My voice soft. "If I... If I never get to say it in our next life. I love you."

She smiled up at me. "Why... would you ever think I'd wait until the next life to hear those words

again?"

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The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

CH101

Hayato

I went still, not understanding what she could possibly mean.

"What do you mean?"

Her eyes twinkled, and she twined her arms around my shoulders. She shifted her hips forward, licking her lips as she squeezed me tight and made me groan with pleasure.

planations can wait a little, can't they? When has once ever been enough?"

letting her push me back and settle her full weight onto me.

elt like our wedding night all over again hundreds of years ago, before I'd had children, concubines, or anything else to worry about other than this bright, heady feeling I got with her. I lost count of how many times we pushed each other over the edge, chasing our pleasure and the taste of each other, but when we lay together in the soft grass, looking up at the sky together, the sun warming our skin. Haruka's head rested on my shoulder, her breathing soft and even.

I couldn't imagine a moment that I wouldn't want to be here with her like this. This had to be

heaven.

v second. I turned to look at her, smiling, before kissing her again, this time slower, savoring every every touch. It was a kiss full of promises, unspoken but understood, a kiss that said more than mouth. words ever could. Haruka giggled into my

""You've missed me, have you?"

"Always, I safth

"Stay with me a little longer," she whispered, her voice barely audible.

I smiled, my heart filled with a sense of peace. "I would never leave you willingly," I replied, my voice barely a whisper.

We lay there for a long time, simply enjoying each other's company. And then, Haruka turned to me, her eyes filled with a mixture of amusement and pride.

"I trust those concubines of yours have been keeping you busy in my absence. More children to

dote on?"

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I laughed. "Not so much... It's only been five years

She scoffed. "What idiots! They finally have me out of the way, and they didn't even bother to use the time properly? Shame. I guess I couldn't have expected any better of them."

I laughed at that, shaking my head. "Haruka, please..."

"I'm serious. After all of their whining about how much time I have yours ok you'd have thought they would have made use of the time." She pouted. "I was hoping for more children to dote on... Specifically, ones that hadn't been turned into evil little monsters yet." "Tsuneo has killed two of my children so far. I'm sure I'll make some replacements."

She went still, staring at me with a searching gaze.

"... What did they do?" She narrowed her eyes. You wouldn't have said it like that if they hadn't done something egregious. Who was it?"

I smiled, folding my hands behind my head. "Why don't you guess? You were usually good at that."

"You are in an oddly morbid mood. It must have been terrible..." She hummed thoughtfully. "... Keiji and that awful sister of his, yeah?"

"On the first try?" I laughed. "You really haven't lost your touch."

"I strive to please you, dear husband. So what in the name of the sky did they do? To Tsuneo? He may be a dragon of destruction, but he does not go around destroying things without reason."

I blinked. A dragon of destruction?"

She waved her hand. I'll get into that some other time. We have plenty of time. My son killing your children?"

"Keiji kidnapped his wife," I said. "I have a feeling that there was more to it than that, but that is

all he said."

"The new queen, right? Morgan?" She scoffed, "He could never stand to let Tsuneo have his own things. And his sister? I forget her name."

"You always do," I said. "She tried to poison Tsuneo... Morgan interfered and ended up getting poisoned. I shuddered. "I was... certain he would go on a rampage when he woke up. But he was oddly calm. There's something off about him..."

"He's awakened. Don't worry about it. I'm sure he'll get around to explaining it to you one day..."

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"He sent me off to rest and said he'd run the palace and get ready for the Convening..." My lips. twitched. After he apparently turned Ari human."

She squealed with laughter. "You're kidding."

"I wish I was. He put her on formal trial and everything."

"Look at my son, stepping up into his crown. I'm glad that anxiety has left him

"I, as well. I know he feared losing me, but I could not be with him forever..."

She laughed softly. It was a secret one. Mischievous too.

"What's so funny?"

"One day you'll see. The full rich history of the dragon's line. The convening, huh? Well, tell me all about it. I have no idea what that is."

I thought back to everything I knew about the Convening and told her everything I remembered as we lay together. This meadow where we'd met seemed more vibrant than I remembered, more calming and secluded, but that might have been because of how long it had been since we had come here.

Maybe this was the effect of death.

"I wonder... where they went when they died," I said thoughtfully. "I... can probably never admit this to Tsuneo, but even though they were terrible, I hope that they had at least a moment of peace before joining the reincarnation line."

She chuckled. "You're always so kind, my dear golden husband."

"Not foolish?"

"Sweet," she said. "And there is nothing wrong with being sweet."

Slowly, I started to doze off. I fought sleep, knowing that when I woke, I wouldn't remember her or

my past life or anything. I'd be a child in someone's arms or maybe drifting through the afterlife, waiting to be reincarnated as a celestial or a human. But if there was even a chance, I couldn't maintain some of these memories. I would be eternally grateful. Tsuneo

Hours turned to days since the first meeting with the Elders and Ari's trial. I continued to visit Morgan at the Pool of the Phoenix. Each day, I would kneel beside the pool, and feel my heart

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aching with longing. Throfu was outright restless. We'd hardly slept.

Today, I hoped that she would at least float to the top or open her eyes or something, but she was still unconscious, her body still as stone.

Tarofu growled, his frustration rolling through me,

My darling fire, when are you going to wake up? He huffed. The longer you sleep, the more havoc I will be allowed to wreak.

I almost laughed at the thought. So far, all we had done was get most of the palace in line, take stock of what needed to be done to get the palace ready, and do random ritualistic things that turned the walls different colors and seemed to make the palace feel better. The Elders had practically fallen in line behind our orders, despite their initial protests.

"Morgan, is everything alright?" I asked aloud, reaching my hand into the pool. "Won't you at least give me a sign?"