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.

really be cagey about this? It wasn't like it was my fault that my family were jerk No one ever want

confused, or maybe troubled. Then

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it, so this

head back against

His eyes were

it hard to reconcile the fact

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

eyes bulged at the thought. He

like that, but...

looked away.

things settle down,"

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, and the setting is...

of bathing in a magical pool,

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

I sunk down a little more into the bath

genuine smile playing on my lips. "Thanks,

"You need not thank

me, wife."

in comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted

in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else as

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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. How the king was treating me now. How everything between

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

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

Empress.

His wife!

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 nothing for the tempest

"That little bitch!"

managed them and their petty gossip. I

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