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.

at me as if he 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 busy to go. Even though the estate has communal bathing arrangements, I never bothered to use

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

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it, so

leaning my head back against the stone and

an eye open. His eyes

to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his brother

haven't had a proper honeymoon," he began,

at the thought. He

but... I wouldn't be

away. "You were

things settle

have a place in mind, I think you will like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said to have magical properties,

idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than

will go to these Jaki Baths so you have something to compare it

twitched and I sunk down a little more into the bath

I whispered, a genuine smile playing

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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 world outside seemed to fade away.

roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out

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the hall 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 said.

boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that echoed

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 side-by-side. I was destined

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

and their petty

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