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."

aren't really. It's

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

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused,

"That's terrible."

it, so this

sighed, leaning my head back against the

I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned at

a way that made it hard to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his

a proper honeymoon," he began,

at the

that, but...

looked away. "You

things settle down,"

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

pool, surrounded by

are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki

I sunk down a little more into the bath with

I whispered, a genuine smile playing on my lips.

"You need not thank

me, wife."

tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The world outside

in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that

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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. How the king was treating

into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that echoed

face, 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

Empress.

His wife!

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 surface was bare and overturned. My pillows on the floor. Sheets ripped and shredded, yet it did nothing for the tempest raging within

"That little bitch!"

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.

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