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.

my fault that my family were jerk No one ever want to go with me when I had

that. He looked genuinely confused, or

"That's terrible."

try it, so this is a

back against the stone and closing my

I cracked an eye open. His eyes were bright with excitement. He grinned

reconcile the fact that he'd

proper honeymoon," he began,

eyes bulged at the

but... I

away. "You were

things settle

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

pool,

the next time we are in your realm, we will go

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

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

"You need not thank

me, wife."

gentle 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 fade away.

maddening drumbeat that drowned out everything else as

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

stormed into my chambers, slamming the heavy oak door with a

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

Empress.

His wife!

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!"

managed them and their petty gossip. I

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