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

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.

He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then

"That's terrible."

try it, so this

head back against the stone and closing my

open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned

reconcile the fact

proper honeymoon," he began,

bulged at the thought.

but... I wouldn't be

away.

settle down,"

a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said to

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

your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths so

and I sunk down a little more

whispered, a genuine smile playing on my

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

a maddening

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but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that

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

my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we were children that

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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 bent to

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