Chapter 51
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Morgan
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.
like it was my fault that my family were jerk No one ever want to go with me when I had time, I said. "Then... I was too busy to go. Even though the estate has communal
at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled.
"That's terrible."
it,
leaning my head back against the
me and I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright
way that made it hard to reconcile the fact
proper honeymoon,"
eyes bulged at the thought.
like that, but...
away. "You were
settle down," he
There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains
a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds
your realm, we will go
lips twitched and I sunk down a little more into the bath with
incredible," I whispered, a genuine smile playing on
"You need not thank
me, wife."
only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted
in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned
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snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human woman had said. How the king
I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak
my face, blurring my vision. How could it be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine.
Empress.
His wife!
screamed and threw chairs. I clawed through a tapestry I'd had since I was child. I couldn't
"That little bitch!"
them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should
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