The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

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Morgan

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.

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

looked genuinely confused, or maybe troubled. Then he

"That's terrible."

wanted to try it, so this

my head back against the stone and

nudged me and I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned at

reconcile the fact that

proper honeymoon," he began,

at the thought. He

but... I

away.

settle down,"

like a great deal. There are these... fairy springs, hidden. deep within the mountains to the south. The water is said

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

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

twitched and I sunk down a little more into the bath

genuine

"You need not thank

me, wife."

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

ears, a maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything

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hall toward my room. Servants jumped out of my way, but I could hear them snickering, laughing, gossiping about me.

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

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!

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

"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

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