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.

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

genuinely confused, or maybe troubled.

"That's terrible."

shrugged. "ve always wanted to try it, so this is

leaning my head back against the

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

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

had a proper

at the thought. He

but... I

away. "You

settle

like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south.

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

we will go to these Jaki

sunk down a little more into the

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

"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, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The

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

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

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 we

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

at his side. I spoke with the concubines and managed them and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should

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