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.

family were jerk No one

genuinely confused, or maybe

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it,

my head back against the stone and closing my

I cracked an eye open. His eyes

made it hard to reconcile the

proper

eyes bulged at

like that, but... I wouldn't be

away.

settle

I think you will like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within

bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better

will go to these Jaki Baths so you

sunk down a little more into the bath with a

whispered, a genuine smile playing on my

"You need not thank

me, wife."

we sat in comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by

in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned

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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. How the king was treating me now. How everything between me

hot and consuming, pulsed through my veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that

wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we were children

Empress.

His wife!

human's face flashed through my mind. I whirled around with a shriek of 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

"That little bitch!"

been as good as Tsuneo's wife. I'd taken care of him while he was in his coma. I was at his 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.

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