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. It's

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 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.

that. He looked genuinely confused, or maybe

"That's terrible."

shrugged. "ve always wanted to try it, so

leaning my head back against

open. His eyes were bright with excitement.

way that made it hard to reconcile the fact that

proper honeymoon,"

eyes bulged at the thought. He

like that, but... I wouldn't be

looked away. "You

things settle down,"

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

thrill shot through me. The idea of bathing in a magical pool, surrounded by nature, sounded worlds

go to

lips twitched and I sunk down a little more into the bath

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

we sat in comfortable silence, the only sound the gentle lapping of the water. The tension of the evening had melted away, replaced by a sense

maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else

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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 treating me now. How everything between

to boil over. I stormed into my

traitorous and hot, streamed down my face, blurring my vision. How could it be? How could everything have gone so wrong? Tsuneo... my Tsuneo... he was supposed to

Empress.

His wife!

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

"That little bitch!"

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 king loved me. The entire palace bent to my will. I was crown princess and

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