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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grabbing the washcloth and pouring soap onto

name... While you were in the

my

and shrugged before starting to wash

"What's that mean?

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

an

married. He turned down all candidates... Some say he's... unnaturally attached to the

and laughed. "People think that he's in love with

in so many

"No," I smirked. "Do people think the crown

would ever dream

look on her face said she was lying, and I couldn't help but laugh. I

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

hair.

"Sue me."

up with it in my mouth, and the thick waves

sighed. "But all the hair ornaments

"You can have them."

Majesty, don't joke

"I mean it."

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out of 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

but it didn't matter.

smile and a blood-red and

"Seems... a bit much."

staying in His Majesty's chambers, and after your escape earlier, you'll need to

a noble.

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

back.

"The queen's clothes are more ornamented, but you're in the crown prince's chambers as

Tsuneo's eyes when he'd called me wife. She tied the robe. shut with a long golden cord and put a circlet of gold on my

the writing desk and took a deep breath. The walls trembled. I felt 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

The old man, Tsuneo's father, was in front. We

of entering my husband's room

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