The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

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Tsuneo looked surprised.

"What is it?"

"I was under the impression that your family of humans-"

I snickered. He wrinkled his nose.

"Is that odd phrasing?"

"A little," I smiled at him. "But a little endearing..."

His smile turned warm, and his eyes brightened. I looked away.

"You were saying?"

"Your family... is from an area that bathes communally, isn't it?"

"My father's family, yes." I nodded. "But I never got the to never had the time, and I was always excluded from going."

go to the communal baths. I

My lips twitched at the thought.

"The Jaki Baths in my hometown are the best on this side of the continent, but I never went."

"Why?"

"Well..." I shrugged. "It was a luxury, for one."

"Your family didn't seem to be poor."

really. It's

dropped my gaze to my knees. After everything, should I really be cagey about this? It wasn't like it was my fault that my family were jerk

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then

"That's terrible."

wanted to try it, so this

back against the stone and closing my

His eyes were bright

it hard to reconcile

haven't had a proper honeymoon," he began, then

eyes bulged at the thought.

but... I wouldn't be

looked away. "You were

things settle down," he

you will like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said to have magical properties, and the setting is...

shot through me. The idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half of my

your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths

and I sunk down a little

sounds incredible," I whispered, a genuine smile playing on

"You need not thank

me, wife."

a while, we sat in comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening

blood roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out

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from the dining hall toward my room. Servants jumped out of my way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About

veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that echoed

be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we were children that

Empress.

His wife!

threw chairs. I clawed through a tapestry I'd had since I was child. I couldn't stop until every surface was bare and overturned. My pillows on the floor. Sheets ripped and shredded, yet it did nothing for the tempest raging within me.

"That little bitch!"

side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing. The king loved me. The entire palace bent to my will. I was crown princess and queen in

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