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

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

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

always wanted to try it, so this is a pretty

against the stone and closing

His eyes were bright with

reconcile the fact that he'd killed his brother

proper honeymoon,"

eyes bulged at

that, but...

away. "You

settle down,"

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

through me. The idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing

will go

twitched and I sunk down a little more into the

genuine smile playing

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

a maddening drumbeat

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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

into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that echoed through the

wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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 exactly what they should be doing. The king loved me. The entire

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