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.

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

looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled.

"That's terrible."

shrugged. "ve always wanted to try it, so this is a pretty good close

back against the

His eyes were bright with

made it hard to reconcile

proper honeymoon,"

eyes bulged at

like that, but... I wouldn't be

looked away.

things settle

fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said to have magical

idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded

will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something

down a little more into

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening

roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat

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snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human

veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door

traitorous and hot, 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

Empress.

His wife!

flashed through my mind. I whirled around with a shriek of 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 ripped and shredded, yet it did

"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 exactly what they should be doing. The king

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