The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

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Morgan

By the time Tsuneo was back in bed, my face was still burning. Maya was ecstatic to see me, embracing me despite how filthy I was. I hid the bag of gold in the closet and let Maya run a bath in Tsuneo's bathroom. She hadn't brought clothes with her, but I didn't ask. None of the clothes

were mine anyway.

Instead, my mind kept turning back to the fact that I was naked in his bathroom, and he was in the other room. I put up a privacy spell on the bathroom door, but it didn't make me think about it any less.

That will be the last time you thank me, wife.

The steam stung my eyes, blurring my reflection on the polished surface of the walls.

"Takes a certain sort of man to bathe in a mirrored bathroom," I mused.

"All the bathing chambers are like this. Even yours has changed. It's a good omen."

I sank into the hot water as my stomach filled with butterflies, remembering the deep, velvety

sound of his voice. I should still be upset, but it was hard to gather the anger together. He'd apologized sincerely. The look in his eyes when he apologized was so different than when he'd looked ready to kill me earlier.

"Maya."

"Yes, Your Majesty?" She paused, rolling up her sleeves.

"This queen thing... What exactly does it mean?"

"Every king needs a queen," she said.

""For children?"

She laughed. "It's very rare that the queen gives birth to the king's heir."

1 frowned and looked up at her. "What?"

"It's just too great of a risk. The king usually has a few concubines."

J frowned. "Tsuneo has concubines?"

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and pouring soap onto it.

name... While you were in the

my

shrugged before

"What's that mean?

"He's... a bit eccentric."

cocked an eyebrow.

down all candidates... Some say he's...

laughed. "People think that he's in

so

I smirked. "Do people think the crown prince has

would ever dream

and I couldn't help but laugh. I could imagine them both. cringing at the thought. I

fun with that when his father came. She finished washing my back. I washed the rest of me, and I leaned back to let her wash my Maya finished washing my hair and pouted. "You cut your

hair.

"Sue me."

hated it long. It got in the way; I woke up with it in my mouth, and the thick waves always tangled

hair ornaments will go to

"You can have them."

Majesty, don't joke like

"I mean it."

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the bath, much warmer and more relaxed. I grabbed the towel and pushed a comb through my hair. I looked myself in the mirror and frowned. I looked almost the same as always,

but it didn't matter.

with a bright smile and a blood-red and

"Seems... a bit much."

in His Majesty's chambers, and after your

scoffed. "Playing politics like a noble. Just what

in it. It wasn't nearly as heavy as all the layers I'd had

it back.

in the crown prince's chambers as his wife,

She tied the robe. shut with a long golden cord and put a circlet of gold on my head. I supposed she couldn't just let me not wear

their approach in a way I couldn't explain. There was more than just his father. Among them was at least one woman. I had a feeling I knew who it was. The heavy footsteps echoed at the back of my mind, and I reclined, taking a deep breath. I glanced into the bedroom. On a whim, I grabbed my sword and held it in my

revealing the group. The old man, Tsuneo's father, was in front. We met gazes. He flushed, and before he could

you make it a habit of entering my husband's

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