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

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

that. He looked genuinely confused, or

"That's terrible."

to try it, so this is a pretty good

back against the stone and closing

nudged me and I cracked an eye open. His

a way that made it hard to reconcile

had a proper honeymoon,"

at the thought. He

but... I wouldn't

looked away.

things settle down," he

are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains

pool, surrounded by

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

a little more into the bath

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

my ears, a maddening

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down 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. How the king was treating me now. How everything between me and Tsuneo

into my chambers,

so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to be mine. I knew since we were children that we

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

their petty gossip. I made the lazy servants do exactly what they should be doing. The king loved

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