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.

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 had time, I said. "Then... I was too busy to go. Even though the

genuinely confused, or maybe troubled.

"That's terrible."

"ve always wanted to try it, so this

head back against the stone

I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright

hard to reconcile the

haven't had a proper

bulged at the thought.

but... I

looked away. "You were

settle down," he

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

thrill shot through me. The idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded

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

I sunk down a little more into the bath with a

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense of intimacy and relaxation we

roared in my ears, a maddening drumbeat

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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

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

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!

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

"That little bitch!"

I had been as 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 should be doing. The

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