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

fault that my family were jerk No one ever want to go

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

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it,

head back against

an eye open. His eyes were

that made it hard to reconcile the fact that

a proper honeymoon," he began,

eyes bulged at the thought.

but...

looked away.

things settle

fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said to have magical properties, and the setting

magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half of my

perhaps... the next time we are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki

I sunk down a little more

I whispered, a genuine smile playing on my lips.

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation

maddening drumbeat that drowned

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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 what that human woman had said.

threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door

blurring my vision. How could it be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we were children that we were destined to rule side-by-side. I was destined to

Empress.

His wife!

fury, knocking over a delicate porcelain vase in the process. The sound of shattering echoed through the room was almost cathartic. I screamed and 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. This wasn't fair!

"That little bitch!"

in his coma. I was at his side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made the

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