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. She smiled
you were in the
shook my head.
hummed and shrugged before starting
"What's that mean?
"He's... a bit eccentric."
cocked an eyebrow.
down all candidates... Some say he's... unnaturally attached
"People think that he's
so many
smirked. "Do people think the crown prince has feelings for
would ever
said she was lying, and I couldn't help but laugh. I could
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.
"Sue me."
hated it long. It got in the way; I woke up with it in my mouth, and the
the hair ornaments will go
"You can have them."
Majesty, don't
"I mean it."
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mirror and frowned. I looked almost the same as always, but there was
but it didn't matter.
me with a bright smile and a blood-red and gold robe covered in images of a
"Seems... a bit much."
in His Majesty's chambers, and after your escape earlier, you'll need to
politics like a noble. Just what I
let her put me in it. It wasn't nearly as heavy as all the layers I'd had on
back. This
are more ornamented, but you're in the crown prince's chambers as his wife,
look in Tsuneo's eyes when he'd called me wife. She tied the robe. shut with a long
without actually falling asleep. I settled into the seat at 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
Tsuneo's father, was in front. We met gazes. He flushed, and before
you make it a habit of entering
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