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.

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,

frowned at that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe

"That's terrible."

to try it, so this is a pretty good close

head back against the stone

open. His eyes were bright with excitement.

hard to reconcile the fact that

had a proper honeymoon," he began,

at the thought.

like that, but...

away.

settle down," he

are these... fairy springs, hidden.

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

the next time we are in your realm, we will go to these Jaki

twitched and I sunk down a

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

we 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.

a maddening drumbeat that

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Servants jumped out of my way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human woman had said. How

into my chambers,

vision. How could it be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be

Empress.

His wife!

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 nothing for the tempest raging within me. This wasn't fair! It

"That little bitch!"

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 palace bent to my will. I was

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