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

off, meeting his gaze. He 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

confused, or maybe

"That's terrible."

to try it, so this is

head back against the stone and closing my

open. His eyes were bright

it hard to reconcile the

proper honeymoon," he began,

eyes bulged at

but...

looked away.

settle down," he

hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The

idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds

realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something to compare

I sunk down a little more

I whispered, a genuine smile playing

"You need not thank

me, wife."

comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening

in my ears, a maddening

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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. About what that

hot and consuming, pulsed through my veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers,

so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew

Empress.

His wife!

room was almost cathartic. I screamed and threw chairs. I clawed through

"That little bitch!"

years, I had 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

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