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.

meeting his gaze. He looked at me as if 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

genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

it,

back against the stone and closing

eye open. His eyes were

reconcile the fact that he'd killed his brother

a proper

bulged at the

that, but...

looked away. "You were

settle down,"

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

magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than

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

a little more into the

incredible," I whispered, a genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we both needed. The

roared in my ears, a maddening

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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

hot and consuming, pulsed through my veins, threatening to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door

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

Empress.

His wife!

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

"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

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