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

like it was my fault that my family were jerk No one ever want to

looked genuinely confused, or

"That's terrible."

wanted to try it, so this

back against the stone and

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

that made it hard to reconcile the fact that he'd

haven't had a proper honeymoon," he began, then

bulged at

that, but... I

away. "You were

things settle

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

magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded

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

twitched and I sunk down a little more into

genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

blood roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything

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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

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

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

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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

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