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.

looked at me as if he already knew I was lying and it pained him. I-bit-my lip and 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 No one ever want to go with me when I had time, I said.

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

"That's terrible."

try it, so this is a pretty good close

sighed, leaning my head back against the stone and closing my

nudged me and I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with

hard to reconcile the fact that he'd

proper honeymoon," he began,

at the

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

looked away. "You were

settle

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

in a magical pool, surrounded by

next time we are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something to

twitched and I sunk down a little more into the bath with a

whispered, a genuine smile playing on

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The world outside seemed to

ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else as

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

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

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 be

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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

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