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. It's

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

looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled.

"That's terrible."

shrugged. "ve always wanted to try it, so this

back against the stone and

an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned at

to reconcile the fact that he'd killed his brother over

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

at

that, but...

looked away. "You were

settle down," he

hidden. deep within the mountains to the

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

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

a little more into the

genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The world outside seemed to fade away.

ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else

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way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what

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

be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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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