The Dragon King's Substitute Bride

Chapter 97

Chapter 96

CH96 Ari

I groaned and slowly lifted my head. My head spun. So many days in darkness had made my sense dull, but I heard his voice.

"Had a good time in the dungeon thief?"

I snarled, lifting my head. "You-"

I broke off, stunned at the sight of the man standing over me, wearing Tsuneo's face, but there

was nothing in his expression that I could recognize as Tsuneo.

I went still. There was a darkness behind his dark opal eyes that had never been there before. The air felt cold. My heart raced.

Then, he turned. "If everyone is

Then, I looked around.

here, let's begin."

The hall was packed, filled with the Elders, servants, and a few guards. I saw most of the court there as well. It seemed that everyone but that human was here. Was she dead? That would be my luck.

"What the hell is going on? 1-

"Quiet," Tsuneo said, his voice low and cold. It felt like a hand had wrapped around my throat and squeezed. I could barely breathe.

"Father," he said, turning to the king. "Where would you like to begin?"

He blinked, looking between him and me. "I'm curious to know your sense of justice and proceedings, Tsuneo... I will allow you to run it as you see fit."

A cruel, vicious smile came over his face. "Thank you, Father."

He gestured to the group of servant. "We'll start with the most disturbing of crimes: your treatment of the staff. Never has it been allowed, condoned, or right to treat those who care for the members of the royal family in such a fashion. You, who have benefitted only from the benevolence of the royal family have stepped on the very benevolence to which you owe your life, or did you forget that you are the daughter of a traitor and should have been killed?"

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blood ran cold. The king went still, his eyes widened. I cringed. I hadn't known that Tsuneo knew. I hadn't even thought he would ever bring it up.

sick.

than content to follow

but the

to them. "We'll go in order as you are

here."

them, but I noted that Anya

really necessary to have every single one

is just as important as every other," Tsuneo said, glaring at the man over his shoulder, his eyes gleaming with a dark light. "If you seek to make a mockery of that belief, I'll have you bound, investigated, and tried within the week." He narrowed his eyes.

Tsuneo was furious, but I

stand beside Tsuneo, her eyes

box

or yell, I could barely move, but she went to the boxes that had been brought and

how I'd taken it from her, and how it had been a family heirloom, but who cared. She was a servants,

she owned belonged to me. I could take what I

my

some other noblewoman, or her mother or grandmother had. I looked the king prepared to defend myself, but I went still as I noted

servants and guards stepped up. I sneered at the man who stepped

has Ari taken from

peace of mind,

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have family who

sisters to work here for as

alive-

The Elders sputtered.

frequents often enough." He set his jaw. "My sisters and I are saving up to buy back our family home from Elder Hara. Ari has... more than once intimated that she would ensure that we would all be fired if I didn't

serve me.

she has blackmailed you into doing," Tsuneo said. From the look on your face it causes you enough grief

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