The Werewolf King's Bride

(From Demetrius's Perspective)

I was too busy these days. I came back to the palace after three days. Before I used to stay out for a long time and it was nothing. But now, I could not do so. I had a wife who missed me. And more importantly, I missed her.

I had caught the young boys and girl and imprisoned them for now. I could not read their minds for some reason. Because of that, I was stressed. Since I was used to reading almost everyone's minds, the sudden change frustrated me a bit.

My wife reminded me again and again not to torture anyone without knowing the truth and told me to imprison the rebels for now before further questioning.

Now I just wanted to go and hug my wife without thinking about anything else. I could not feel her warmth for three whole days. Now, I craved her touch and warmth.

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She must be in her office now. She had been working very hard these days. I was worried that she would fall sick because of pushing herself too much. It was clear that she was doing it for my sake even though she did not admit it.

As I was about to enter, I saw a man with red hair, perhaps of my age, leaving the office. I had not seen him before. I could remember people's faces pretty well. But I surely had not seen him before. Something about his face was familiar though.

"Oh, Your Majesty... I greet Your Majesty, the King," he bowed as soon as he noticed me. "I am Reece Albertine."

"Albertine... The Count's family's elder son," I muttered to myself. "So, what are you doing here?"

"I just got some documents checked by Her Highness, the Queen."

I did not need to ask him why, since I read his mind already. He was my wife's assistant. Why did I not hear about it before?

"Alright, you can go," I said.

"Yes...," he bowed and left.

I walked into my wife's office. She was so engrossed in work that she did not notice me. She was wearing a golden frock and her hair was tied in pigtails.

I watched her for a while as she wrote on a paper without looking anywhere else. She looked very cute today. It was not a Queen's appearance, but it did not matter since she was not going out. She only needed to wear formal clothes when she would go to an official program. Well, I actually did not care even if she wore informal clothes in those programs. She looked cute either way after all.

Her cat was on her table, sleeping comfortably on a pile of papers. I heard Ava took the cat to play with her for a few days. But the cat always sneaked out and came to Blue. It was surprising how the cat always managed to find her. It was perhaps because the cat could sense Blue's black mana.

Blue yawned and leaned back against her chair, stretching her back and hands. That was the moment she noticed me finally.

"Dem...? When did you...?"

"It's been a while."

"Why didn't you make a sound?" she asked as she quickly got up from her seat and started walking towards me.

"You were working so attentively that I could not bring myself to disturb you."

"That would not be disturbing...," she mumbled and hugged me.

"Did you miss me?" I asked as I hugged her back and rubbed my hand on her back. She looked so adorable that it was a bit hard for me to keep my thoughts straight. But before doing anything, I needed to know something first.

"A lot... I thought you would not come back even today. But I understand that you are busy."

"I said I will. I always keep my word."

"Hmm..."

"You are working pretty well. You got everything managed," I said.

"I am trying. Everyone is helping, so..."

"You even found an assistant. It seems you are doing well."

She pulled back and looked at me suspiciously. "Why did you say it that way?"

"You did not tell me about it before."

"What are you saying? I did!"

"When?"

"Seven days ago. I told you that I got an assistant that night," she said.

"But you did not tell me it's Reece Albertine," I said.

"That's because you said you were not interested in hearing anything about how I was helping Ruby's family."

'I did say that... Damn it! From now on, I will hear about every single thing.'

"You should have at least mentioned that it's a guy," I said.

"What would you have done then?"

"What?"

"Would you have done something to change my mind?"

"..."

"Haa," she sighed and touched my face affectionately. "Hey, look, we live in a world that's full of men and women and other people. We cannot live alone. In this world, we find love. But that does not mean we cannot be near another person of the same gender as our significant other. Love means trust.

We just have to be faithful to the one we love. That's all. For me, being near another man does not mean anything. Reece is my assistant. He works under me. That's all.

But you- you are my husband and the person I love the most. Nothing will change that. How can I ever look at another person the way I look at you? You said you trust me, Dem... If you still cannot believe me, I will take the necklace off so you can read my mind. My power is not awakened fully and I cannot use the power that's awakened.

So, I cannot hide my real thoughts from you. You can read my mind thoroughly and see for yourself."

She attempted to take her necklace off, but I held her hand and stopped her. I had relied on my ability to read minds all my life. But it was the same for her. I trusted her and I wanted to keep on doing so.

"It's alright. I trust you," I said. "I was just a bit..."

"It's okay. You don't have to explain," she smiled and entwined our fingers. "I am glad that you talked to me openly about it. In this way, there won't be any misunderstanding between us. From now on, I will tell you about everything I do in case you are worried. You won't have to feel like you are wrong if you start telling me everything you do as well.

I am actually not that worried, but I will love to hear about your day, your work, and everything. We are not a typical couple. But we can make it work together, can't we?"

I brought up our entwined hands and kissed hers gently. "Yes, we can make it work. We surely will," I smiled.

She was going out of her way just so I would not be worried. I knew I was being too obsessive and possessive. It was not intentional. It happened just like that. I wanted to change, at least a bit. Sometimes I wanted to make her feel like we were just another normal couple.

But sometimes, I wanted to own her. It was like there were two parts of me in my head. The strangest thing was I accepted both parts of myself until I married her. After marrying her, I did not want to show her the twisted side of me that always managed to come out no matter how hard I tried to hide it.

But now she knew. She knew everything about me. Yet, she accepted me and offered me her hand. No matter how many times I went overboard with a little thing, she still did not say she hated me. She wanted to help and she was trying. I was grateful to her.

But sometimes, I felt pity for her.

'After all, trying to change a monster is useless most of the time. The nature of the monster remains. Perhaps the monster will just pretend to be good, but from the inside, it's still dark and twisted.'

"What are you thinking about?" she asked and I was brought back to reality.

"It's nothing..."

"If you say so. Anyway, you must be tired. Have you had your lunch?"

"No, I was busy."

'Rather than being busy, I wanted to see if you had lunch, so if you had not, we can have lunch together.'

"I see... I have not had my lunch as well. Then let's have lunch together first," she said. "I told the chef to make Lemon & Dill Shrimp Sandwiches along with other dishes. Ruby recommended it. So, I thought of trying."

"That's good... By the way, after lunch, can you spend some time with me?"

She looked down and blushed, then nodded slightly.