The Dragon King’s Substitute Bride
Chapter 95

MIDAS

The look of pure rapture on her face almost makes having to come here worth it.

They are standing on the edge of a cliff covered in lush, emerald green grass, overlooking the most flamboyant floating city in all of the 7 realms.

It is called that not because the buildings with their pointy roofs and long glass stained windows, hang suspended in midair but because everything is built into the rocky surface of the stark white mountains surrounding the realm's capital. Giving them the apearance of hanging out and "floating"

Waterfalls cascade down from openings within the mountains' surfaces.

Their low rumbling sound pleasant and calming as they flow and fall between the buildings and houses, continuous glittering streams reflecting the brilliant sunlight. He initially did not wish to bring her with him.

But he could not bear the thought of leaving her alone with Hermani in the castle and some dark shadow coming after her.

And now, watching her completely memesrized by the beauty of the realm of Elves and Fae, it almost enough to make him forget all the chaos going on at the moment. Even if he himself is not particularly found of it.

The first time he had come here he had been quite frankly blindsided.

He had just turned 21 and his father, determined to teach him everything had brought him along on a journey to see the Fairy queen.

And coming here for the first time had been for lack of a better word, jarring.

Even entirely surrounded, almost hidden infact by trees and every plant imaginable, the Fae have hung and embedded precious stones into every single surface they could replace so that the whole city appeared to be one shiny mass of blinding light. The Elves, although more subtle with their mushroom shaped wooden houses built into and suspended between tree branches are just as colourful, the structures covered in creeping vines and flowers of bright, almost unimaginable hues. The dragon realm is a place of stone and mortar and hard lines.

And although they did have more colours than say the human realm of Avera, and changing landscapes that could be fascinating, nothing in the dragon realm with their ever grey skies could compare to the excessive flamboyance of the 4th realm. And the people who called it home were just as excessive.

For the dragon king who liked order and subtly, it is safe to say that the fourth realm is not his most favorite of places.

But she looks so pleased and enamoured that he is quite nearly beginning to see the beauty in the out worldiness of the place himself.

"Gods above Midas...It is so..."

"Loud, blinding...?"

"Amazing"

Midas assumes it can for a human who is not used to seeing a sight like this, it can be quite the spectacule.

But the most attention grabbing thing about this entire place is the Fairy queen's castle.

Sitting a little off to the right at the very top of the white mountain, glittering like a lone star against a backdrop of Sapphire blue sky.

Even the dragon king has to admit that it is quite the breathtaking structure.

So many towers it is almost impossible to count, stretch up in varying length, their gold covered tips reaching out to brush against the fluffy white clouds floating lazily over head.

He had tried to bring them as close to the castle a possible but it would appear he may have miscalculated on his account of his portal opening being so long ago.

He turns to he queen and his best friend.

"I shall have to fly us to the Castle"

Leo on his part looks so horrified at the thought of being carried with his arms wrapped around the King's neck like some lass, that Midas almost laughs.

"If the King is open to reason..."

"I am always open to reason Leo."

The chief Ryder smiles. "Of course you are your highness I would never dream of implying otherwise."

Midas stares down at her blinking up at him trying her hardest not to laugh.

"Whose side are you on?"

She hooks her arm in his. "Yours dragon king. Always yours."

It is said in jest but it makes Midas heart skip a beat anyway.

Gods he was in so much trouble.

Leo clears his throat to bring their attention back to him.

"If his majesty would agree to it, I could transform and fly us all to the castle it would be faster, not to mention more dignified." "You make a good point."

Midas knows that he is not a jealous person.

Not by a long shot.

Still when the chief Ryder starts to take off his shirt, the dragon king replaces himself stepping casually in front of her, arms folded.

The tiny curve of her lips tells him she knows exactly what he is doing but he stares straight ahead and over her head like he cannot see her smirking up at him.

She narrows her eyes.

"If I did not know better dragon King..."

"Well you do and it is not what you are thinking."

"Is that so? Then you would not mind if I.."

She smirks even harder and makes a move to look behind him.

"Hera..."

He growls without even meaning to, the flare of possessiveness in his chest lending a roughness to his voice.

She laughs at his reaction and then placing both hands on his shoulders, stands on the very top of her toes to press her lips to his, moving back before he can turn it into a proper kiss. Read more free novels at Ebookex.com "It's only you Midas. It'll always be only you."

She stares at her feet when she whispers the words, her face as red as scarlet and Midas heart slams itself against his ribcage hard enough to hurt.

He reaches for her, the words on the tip of his tongue.

"Hera I..."

A flash of brilliant light and the king turns around to see Leo's dragon form sitting on its hunches, watching them.

He will tell her later.

When the time is right.

The stone grey dragon with two horns and a narrow nostril raises itself on its four legs, lowering his head and body so that they can mount it easily.

Midas wraps his hands around her and breathes in her scent as they soar over the bright city with it's kaleidoscope of brilliant almost blinding colours and towards the magnificent castle.

For some reason he cannot help but feel like he has just missed a chance he might not get again for a long time.

He tells himself he is being ridiculous.

Besides, she is his and Midas is not about to let her go anywhere.

Especially not now.

Now that he is beyond certain.

That the heart he thought was shattered and nonexistent is now very whole.

Whole and alive and beating only for her.