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

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

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe

"That's terrible."

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

against the stone and closing my

I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright

hard to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his brother over

proper honeymoon," he began, then

bulged at the

that, but...

looked away.

settle down,"

There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the

magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half of

realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths so

and I sunk down a little

sounds incredible," I whispered, a genuine smile playing on my lips.

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

in my ears, a maddening

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the hall away from the dining hall toward my room. Servants jumped out of my way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human woman had said. How the king

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

down 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. I knew since we were children that

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be

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