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."

really.

was my fault that my family were jerk No one ever want to go with me

He looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he sat

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it, so this

leaning my head back against

nudged me and I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright

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

a proper honeymoon," he

eyes bulged at the thought.

but... I wouldn't be

away.

things settle down," he

I think you will like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep

a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds better than bathing with half of my

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

twitched and I sunk down a little more into the

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced

roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out

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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

into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door

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

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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

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