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."

really. It's

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

that. He looked genuinely confused, or

"That's terrible."

wanted to try it, so this is a pretty good close

sighed, leaning my head back against

His eyes were bright with

to reconcile the fact that he'd

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

bulged at the

that, but... I wouldn't

looked away.

things settle down,"

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

The idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half of

we are in your realm, we will go

a little

I whispered, a genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that

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them snickering, laughing, gossiping about

into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak

could it be? 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 destined to

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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

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