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.

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

confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

wanted to try it, so this

my head back against the stone

an eye open. His eyes were bright with

it hard to reconcile the fact that he'd killed

proper honeymoon,"

eyes bulged at the

but... I wouldn't be

looked away.

settle down," he

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

in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds

will go to these Jaki Baths so

and I sunk down a little more into the bath

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the water. The tension of the evening had

roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned

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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

my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that echoed through the

down my face, 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 to

Empress.

His wife!

my mind. 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 raging within me. This wasn't

"That little bitch!"

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 loved me. The entire palace bent to my will. I was crown princess and queen in every way

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