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

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. "Then... I was too busy to go. Even though the estate has communal bathing arrangements, I

He looked genuinely confused, or

"That's terrible."

to try it, so

my head back against the stone and closing my

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

hard to reconcile the

proper honeymoon," he began, then

bulged at the

but... I wouldn't be

away. "You

things settle down,"

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

pool, surrounded by

perhaps... the next time we are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something to

sunk down a little more into

sounds incredible," I whispered, a genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

sat in comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away,

maddening drumbeat that drowned

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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 me now. How everything between me and Tsuneo

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

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

Empress.

His wife!

face flashed through my 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 me. This wasn't fair! It wasn't

"That little bitch!"

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

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