Disabled Dragon King's Substitute Bride: Dawn Phoenix Awakening novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: Standing
Torvald did not remember how they got to the round chamber.
He remembered four warriors carrying them both up the stair, with his arms locked around her and the clan parting.
He remembered the fire-warm weight of her, and a blanket, and a door shutting.
Then Maelis was sitting on the edge of the bed, with her hair spilling over a robe.
The gold in her eyes was slowly turning back to hazel.
"Look at me," she said. "I am whole. I am not ash."
"I know."
"Then why are you shaking?"
"Because this morning I held a pile of ash," he said, "and you came back anyway."
He was sitting on the floor against the bed, with his back to the frame.
The warriors had set him there, and she had slid down beside him.
His left leg lay out before him on the stone.
She looked at it.
The thin, scarred thigh was changing.
The scar was still there, but the muscle under it had filled.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Disabled Dragon King's Substitute Bride: Dawn Phoenix Awakening are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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