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.

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

looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he sat

"That's terrible."

it, so this is a pretty good

head back against the

I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with

to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his

had a proper honeymoon,"

bulged at

that, but...

away.

things settle down," he

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

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

in your realm, we will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something to compare it

sunk down a little more

I whispered, a genuine smile playing on

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out

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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 Tsuneo had

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

streamed 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 we were destined to rule

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

and their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing. The king loved me. The entire palace bent to my will. I was crown princess and queen in every way

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