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.

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 communal bathing arrangements, I never bothered to use them. It was pretty obvious that most of

looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

it,

my head back against

cracked an eye open. His eyes were

to reconcile the fact that he'd killed

had a proper honeymoon," he began,

bulged at the thought. He

but... I wouldn't

away. "You were

things settle down,"

you will like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to

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

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

sunk down a little more into the bath with a

I whispered, a genuine smile playing on

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

roared in my ears, a maddening

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of my way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me. About what that human woman had said. How the king was

to boil over. I stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a resounding thud that echoed through the

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!

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

"That little bitch!"

good as 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

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