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.

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 never bothered to use them. It

confused, or maybe

"That's terrible."

try it, so this is a

sighed, leaning my head back against the stone and closing

His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned

to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his

had a proper honeymoon," he

eyes bulged at the

but... I

away. "You were

settle down,"

great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden.

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

the next time we are in your realm, we will go to

I sunk down a little more into the bath with

whispered, a genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

while, we sat in comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The

maddening drumbeat

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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 was treating me now. How everything

my

Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we were children that we were destined to rule side-by-side.

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

"That little bitch!"

as Tsuneo's wife. I'd taken 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

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