The Werewolf King's Bride

(From Demetrius's Perspective)

In the world, only one person mattered to me. It did not matter what kind of person she was, or how she would turn out to be if her power was awakened completely. It did not matter who she killed, or if she wanted to kill someone. I would always love her nonetheless.

I was afraid of losing her. But I wanted her to be with me because she loved me, not because I forced her to be with me. Yes, if she wanted to leave me for real, I would surely tie her up and lock her in a room. But I would do it only if she tried to leave me. I was trying to make sure that she would never want that, so I would not have to use that method.

"But how is your power even awakened?" I asked. "Who else will awaken your power? Your father?"

"... I don't know. I don't understand it. He has been coming to my dreams a lot and he has said a lot of things to me. He kept telling me to leave you and not be fooled by your words. But he has never come in front of me in person other than that one time when I saw him.

He is playing a game with us. What you said should be true. It must be him who awakened my power more. He wants to awaken my power. Actually, I don't want to awaken my power. It would bring too much trouble.

I am not sure if people will accept me even after they know that I am a dark mage. Even if they accept me, they accept me, I am afraid they will expect more from me. What if I fail to be what they want me to be?"

"Honey, it never was what they want you to be. It was always about what you want to be," I said, cupping her face. "What if they don't accept you? If it comes to that, they will be forced to accept you. Why? Because you will be more powerful than they can ever imagine.

And I will be with you. Who will even dare to go against the most powerful people?"

"But that doesn't mean you will get to use your power all the time, even endangering your own life. This time, you went to Lacuna. What if he discovered your identity? I could not even go there in time even if I was seeing everything. Flint could not use his magic to teleport there. It was only after you cut the black strings that we managed to teleport there," I added.

"Luc said it's because of the black mana. You see, teleportation from an unknown source can be prevented using black mana."
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After I had brought her here, I was afraid of losing her albeit Luc said that her life was not in danger. I just could not bring myself to see her like that. I feared that she would not open those blue eyes ever again.

"Now, enough chatting. We will talk about it later," I said. "I will get you some food. After eating something, take some rest."

"But I still don't know what's going on in Lacuna now. How is Luc managing everything? What is even going on right now?" she asked, holding my hand as I tried to get up.

"You will hear about everything later. You don't have to worry about anything. Just rest," I said.

"Flint said so too. He now knows about my power, just doesn't know I am a dark mage."

"Well, he was going to find out eventually. Since he is your personal mage, it's not bad even if he knows. He is very loyal to his master," I said.

In his mind, he truly respected Blue a lot and followed her orders loyally. Though his personality was a bit different than others, he still was a trustworthy person. At least, I could leave my wife's safety to him if it was within his power.

"If I tell him, I will tell Reece too. He is my assistant, so I think it's important for him to know if Flint knows," she said.

"That guy is very loyal too. His loyalty comes from gratefulness towards you, while Flint's comes from fascination."

"Fascination?"

"He thinks you are a strange type of Queen, but he likes to work with you because you let him behave however he wants and pay him rather well," I said.

"Oh..."

I pulled the bell and two maids quickly came to the bedroom. I told them to get some food for her. The chef had also come to visit her and talked to the doctor. Doctor Dimitri gave him a note about what kind of food he should make for Blue.

He had been asking the maids every hour if she had woken up, so she could eat. Blue was right. He had a fatherly charm in him, perhaps. I was not sure because I did not know properly if fathers were supposed to act like that.

She was served light soup and soft bread. There was a lot of chicken shredded in the soup, so she would not have to bite too much. She was also served orange juice and for dessert, there was mousse chocolate cake.

"Have you eaten anything?" she asked.

"Yes, right before you woke up. I need to live too, right?" I chuckled.

"That's good. I was worried you would starve yourself," she said. "You did all those times when I was sick."

'Actually, I had something to drink only. I could not eat anything seeing her in that state. I still had not got my appetite back. Perhaps I would after she got better completely.'

I stood there all the time to make sure she ate everything. She usually ate very little. And when she was sick, she would even lesser.

"I am done...," she said, stretching her hands and back.

"Why does it look like you finished something very hard?"

"You forced me to eat that much," she pouted. "It was a huge task, but it was as delicious as always. Our cook's hands are the best!"

'I will look past this since you mean it in another way.'

"Try to sleep a bit now," I said.

"I want to take a bath," she said.

"Haa, alright," I sighed. I picked her up from the bed and started walking toward the bathroom. She grinned and wrapped her arms around my nape. "What's to be happy about?"

"I don't know," she grinned. "I am just happy. Probably because I could cut the black strings without much of a problem..."

"Well, if you think that way, I have nothing to say," I said. "But yeah, you did very well."

She sat on a stool as I filled the bathtub with water. The water was slightly warm, just like she liked.

I helped her undress and she sat down in the water. "You are not ashamed to be naked in front of me anymore?" I asked.

"A lot less than before. I think, just a bit now, but that's okay," she said. "I mean, we have been together for quite a long time now. It's only natural."

"Yeah," I said.

It still felt like just yesterday that I brought her here. I still did not forget how scared she would get and how much she would worry that I would hit her or throw her away. Time did fly very quickly. She had grown a lot as a person. And perhaps I did too. But I still could not change as much as I wanted.

I rubbed soap on her hands and legs and then her back. Her brunette hair was damp. Looking at her hair made me remember how she looked with blonde hair. She looked beautiful with blonde hair. But I personally liked her natural hair more. It suited her the best.

With blonde hair, for some reason, she looked seductive. In her natural hair, she had her charm and it was amazing.

"Dem, it won't be bad if you tell me about Lacuna's situation now. I mean, you can, right?" she mumbled.

I did not argue anymore. I told her everything that was going on. "So, a spy is acting as Luc's mistress and she claimed that the King of Lacuna tried to assault her?"

"Yes," I nodded. "It's not wrong. He truly did try to assault Luc's so-called mistress, let it be you or her. He doesn't remember anything, thanks to your magic. He said that she is lying as expected, but the condition of the room says otherwise. His reputation has gone downhill within a moment.

You see, no matter who it is, sexually assaulting someone, let it be a man or a woman, is considered a very disgusting act. Even if he is a King, it doesn't change anything. You can say things are on our side now."