Chapter 51
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Morgan
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.
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 go with me when I had time, I said. "Then... I was too
at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled.
"That's terrible."
try it, so this is a
leaning my head back against the stone and closing
I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement.
reconcile the fact that he'd killed his brother
a proper
bulged at the thought. He
that, but... I
looked away.
settle
a place in mind, I think you will like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within
pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half of my
we are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths
twitched and I sunk down a little more into the
genuine smile playing on my lips. "Thanks,
"You need not thank
me, wife."
evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The world
a maddening drumbeat that
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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
my veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers,
Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I
Empress.
His wife!
screamed and threw chairs. I clawed through a tapestry I'd had since I was child. I
"That little bitch!"
his side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do
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