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 it.
While you were in
shook my head. "Doctor
shrugged before starting to
"What's that mean?
"He's... a bit eccentric."
an
down all candidates... Some say he's... unnaturally
think
in so
scoffed. "No," I smirked. "Do people think
ever dream of
look on her face said she was lying, and I couldn't help but laugh. I could imagine them both. cringing at
washing my back. I washed the rest of me, and I leaned back to let her wash my Maya finished washing my hair and
hair.
"Sue me."
way; I woke up with it in my mouth, and
"But all the hair
"You can have them."
don't joke like
"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 always, but there was something that had changed. I didn't know if it
but it didn't matter.
smile and a blood-red and gold robe covered
"Seems... a bit much."
Majesty's chambers, and after your escape earlier, you'll need to make
politics like a noble. Just what
shrugged and let her put me in it. It wasn't nearly as heavy as all the layers I'd
take it back. This
tied the robe. shut with a long golden cord and put a circlet of gold
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
father, was in front. We met gazes. He flushed, and before he could speak, I narrowed my
you make it a habit of
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