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Capítulo 18: I Am Ready

(From Blue's Perspective)

Evelyn's words rang in my ears long after she was gone. Was Demetrius truly frightening? He kind of gave me that vibe, but I was not sure. He never behaved scarily with me. But then I remembered the way he twisted Draven's arm. It was kind of scary.

I did not even notice when I fell asleep. I felt exhausted for some reason. I woke up feeling warm breath on my face.

"What the..."

"Shh. You can still sleep for half an hour more," he said, pressing his index finger on my lips.

"What're you doing here?" I asked.

"Can't I come to my bride? I've finished my work already. I have come to see how you're doing and found you sleeping. I could not walk away from taking advantage."

"What advantage?"

"Watching the blissful sight of someone sleeping," he replied and I blushed. I could not bring myself to look up at him. It was getting harder for me to resist the temptation of doing something.

"Are you shy, my bride?" he chuckled amusingly.

"N-No," I muttered, looking away from him. His face was very close to mine, his warm breath on my face made me want to bury my face somewhere so he would not be able to see what a mess I was at the moment.

"My bride lies too, I see," he said and stroked my cheek with his fingers. He was so close to me... I could not think straight.

"Should I get ready now?" I asked, trying to get away from him or I might lose my mind completely.

"I'll send the maids then. But we can still wait two more minutes," he said, smirking and I could not help but wonder what kind of thought was running in his mind.

"Why?" I asked.

"I don't need a reason to spend time with my bride."

"I should get ready, De-Demetrius."

"As you wish," he said, chuckling, "my bride."

He got up and went towards the door. Before leaving, he gave me an enchanting smile that I could not get my mind off. What was he doing to me?

Not long after he left, three maids entered with their hands full of various things which I did not care to look at. I was thinking of what was going to happen tonight now that he was going to introduce me to everyone. I just wished I was not going to make a fool of myself.

"My lady, please come with us," one of them said.

"Why?" I asked.

"For bath, my lady," she replied.

I noticed that she had black hair, as dark as coal. She was holding a white towel in her hand. "I've bathed this morning."

"It's the rule, my lady, to take a bath before getting ready for important events," she said calmly.

Important event? Was tonight an important event? He was just going to introduce me. Was it too important?

"Alright then," I said and followed them into the bathroom. They removed the dress I was wearing though I was embarrassed. But they did not seem to care. As I sat in the water, they scrubbed my skin lightly which was comfortable in a way, but I preferred doing it myself. Thinking that Demetrius might get angry, I did not object.

"My lady, can I ask you something?" the silver-haired girl asked.

"Yes," I said.

"My lady, where did you and his majesty meet?" she asked.

"Are you asking me this because I'm a human?" I asked.

"No offense, my lady," she said quickly.

"No, it's alright. Actually, Demetrius chose me as his bride. I didn't know him," I replied. I decided not to tell too much thing. Demetrius might not want me to tell too many things and besides, it was better if people did not know such things. The less they knew, the fewer questions there would be.

"That means his majesty proposed to you, my lady?" she asked, enthusiastically.

Of course, he did not propose to me. He just brought me here without even asking me to be his bride. He said that he wanted me as his bride and if I tried to run away, he would catch me anyway. But I could not just tell them that. He was the king after all. I could not badmouth him. Or he might punish me.

"Kind of like that," I said, managing a smile.

They did not ask me anything else. It seemed like they wanted to ask me, but feared for some reason. No wonder they feared Demetrius a lot and thought that I would tell him if they asked me something about him.

"Do you all fear Demetrius a lot?" I asked.

"His Majesty is someone who doesn't forgive if someone breaks the rule and his orders. He is a powerful king and his reputation is well known in all the kingdoms. He certainly is tough, but a very strong king. We all respect him a lot," she said.

She talked very carefully as if not letting a bad word against him slip. So this was how they had to talk about their king. I wondered if I would be able to talk like this as well. I did not have any practice talking in this manner, but perhaps I needed to learn as soon as possible. I could not think of what he would do if I offended him.

After the bath, they helped me wrap up in a towel. They did not soak my hair saying that I needed to have my hair combed nicely.

"His Majesty chose this for you himself, my lady," the black-haired girl said, grinning.

It was a bright red dress with a sweetheart neckline. There were little diamonds on the front part of the dress. The upper part of the dress was made of lace creating a magnificent design that would attract anyone with good taste. The dress was very long along with a fluffy downer part.

"It's... It's too expensive," I muttered.

They looked at me as if I had said something wrong. But I truly could not think of wearing this dress. It was way too expensive. I could not just waste his money, could I?

"His Majesty brought this, my lady. And you're our future queen. You have all the rights to wear this and any expensive things," the red-haired girl said.

"I guess so," I mumbled though I still did not feel that it was right to wear it. I was going to talk to Demetrius about it.

"How do you know that I'm your future queen? I'm not officially introduced yet," I said.

"Words travel fast, my lady," she said.

She was right. It was a kingdom after all. If something happened, everyone would find out sooner or later.

"I don't know any of your names yet," I said.

"I am Brenna, my lady," the black-haired girl said. "This is Ruby and that is Arianell, my lady."

Their names were easy to remember as they were associated with their appearance. I wondered if everyone here was named like that.

They helped me put on the dress. The dress was heavy and it was a bit hard to move in with it. But the fabric was comfortable and for some reason, it did not make me sweat though I was worried about how to walk with it on.

"Wear this cape, my lady. It will make you look even more beautiful," Ruby, the red-haired girl said.

I did not notice the cape before. It was beautiful, even the word beautiful was not enough to describe its beauty. It was laced in the part of the neck. It was very long that it touched the ground behind me like a silky wave of red flag pressed against my back like a protective shield.

They did not let me look into the mirror before they were finished preparing me. They applied those makeups that I saw on the dressing table earlier with utter skill. Arianell put my hair in a side bun with a braid going from the side to the back into the bun.

"My lady, you look lovely," Brenna exclaimed.

I looked into the mirror to see if she was right. The sight I saw was not something I was familiar with. I had never worn something so beautiful and I was not sure if the dress was something for someone like me to wear. I looked different. I did not care how I looked. All I cared about was how his reaction was going to be. What if I looked too bad and he would not like it and decide to punish me? He said he was not going to hurt me, but living with a family like mine, I developed the fear of being punished for everything and I was not sure if it would go away any time soon.

"His Majesty wants us to inform him when you're ready, my lady," Brenna said.

"I am ready."


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I guess the dress she is wearing is pretty good-looking. I wonder how Demetrius is going to react after seeing her like that. I can't wait...

Well, you guys don't have to wait much as well because, in the next chapter, we can see his reaction. See you in the next chapter then! Adios!

Capítulo 19: Future Queen

(From Blue's Perspective)

I stood in front of the mirror, trying to find any fault in my looks. I did not want to embarrass myself tonight.

I heard the door opening. I knew it was him. I was thinking if he would like my look or not. What if he did not like the way I looked tonight? Would he rethink his decision of marrying me?

"I'm ready," I said, turning to face him.

He just stood there, looking at me, as if time had stopped. His expression was unreadable. I did not understand if he liked how I looked or was horrified.

"I've never worn something this fancy before... I'm not sure if I look okay," I mumbled.

"You look beautiful," he said, approaching me and my legs froze in the place. He stroked my cheek with his knuckles and I shivered slightly, feeling a sudden chill. "Just perfect. Red suits you."

"Thank you," I muttered shyly.

"Do you like it?" he asked.

"I do. It's beautiful, but it's_ expensive. You shouldn't have given me something this expensive."

"Don't ever say that," he said gently, but I could sense the warning in his voice. "You're my bride. I'll give my bride whatever I want, I'll cherish her, I'll make her the happiest person in the world. Moreover, you're the future queen. You deserve to have the most expensive thing in the world."

"But..."

"No buts, my bride," he said, pressing his index finger on my lips, "Tonight, everyone will know who my bride is. They will know their future queen. And tomorrow, you will be mine and this kingdom will get its queen."

"It feels unreal, Demetrius."

"Nothing is unreal, my bride. This is all real and you're with me, the place where you're always going to be."

"Why me, Demetrius? Please tell me, why me?"

"You will know when the time comes, my bride. Be patient," he said gently. "We should get going now. Everyone is waiting for us."

"Okay. Are you sure that I look okay? No one will laugh at me, right?"

"No one will dare. And you look perfect, my bride," he said and kissed my forehead. "But I am curious as to what will you do if someone tries to take me down."

"What do you want me to do?"

"When you're my mate, I would want you to do something I would do. But now, you can do what you want."

"In that case, I would probably ignore them. But if they crossed the limit, I would give them a piece of my mind," I said.

He smiled. "And if you need any help in that, I'm always there," he said with a handsome smile that only he could give.

I gulped. Now that I thought about it, having him as my husband was not going to be as bad as I thought. It was true that I was afraid of him, but I could try to get over the fear or try to avoid him if that was the case.

"I've lied to you once, my bride," he said suddenly.

"What?" I asked, my voice a bit shaky as I tried to think of what he could lie about. Did he lie about marrying me or did he lie about liking me? Or did he lie about not hurting me?

"Remember when you asked me if I can read your mind? I said no that time," he said as he brought his face down to my ear, "But_ I actually can read minds."

"Then why did you lie to me before?"

"Because I wanted to know what you think about usually, but now- I think I should not keep this from you. But there's one thing, my bride. No one else knows about this."

I could not believe he told me a thing that no one else knew about. It was a huge secret after all. Was I that trustworthy?

"You're trustworthy; at least I want to trust you. And I know you won't break my trust, my bride," he said. "We should go now, my bride."

"Yes," I said.

"Don't break my trust, my bride. I don't like the ones who do so."

I gulped. It was not like I would break his trust, but I still wondered what he would do if I did so. Would he kill me?

"You don't need to know that," he said, reminding me again that I had forgotten that he could read minds.

I slipped my hand through his arm as he led me out the door. My heart was thumping in my chest despite my best efforts to calm myself down. I still doubted what kind of impression they were going to have of me. A lot of the werewolves bowed at us on the way. I felt quite uneasy, but Demetrius kept giving me reassuring nods and my heart would thump even crazily at this.

He led me down the stairs. I had a lot of difficulties climbing down the stairs wearing this long dress, but he kept his hand on me to help me down, and thankfully, I did not fall on the way.

"Just relax," he said as soon as I took the last step. "And breathe."

I took a deep breath and looked at him, like a little girl waiting for praise for doing as told. He kissed me on the forehead and smiled at me.

The door of the great hall opened, revealing hundreds of people there. As they saw their king with an unknown girl who barely managed to stand still, I heard a lot of them gasping. Were they mortified seeing me?

Demetrius did not seem to care. He walked towards the high table with a proud and still look on his face. I had not seen this side of him. He smiled a lot with me, but now, he was a completely different person with a high personality, pride omitting from every part of him.

I saw his mother, sitting beside the biggest chair in the middle of the table. She smiled at us. There were two vacant chairs in the middle that I guessed were for us. I saw his sister Evelyn, brother-in-law, niece Ava, uncle, and aunt, but there was one more person that I had not seen before. He was perhaps a few years older than Demetrius. He had brown hair and light brown eyes. He was sitting at one corner of the table right beside his mother who was telling him something, but his eyes were fixed on us or precisely saying_ on me.

He gave me a smirk for no reason and I could not help but feel uncomfortable. I looked away from him hastily. Demetrius helped me up to sit at the high table right beside him. All the eyes were on us now and suddenly, I started feeling self-conscious.

"Don't worry, my bride. Just relax and give me a smile," he whispered into my ear.

I managed a smile and he nodded at me with a small smile that I was sure no one else could see. I heard Evelyn chuckle in amusement, sitting beside me.

"You look really pretty tonight," she said, with her dashing smile that resembled her mother a lot.

"Thank you. You look amazing too," I said.

She laughed. "Of course I do. I have to look good for my husband after all," she said, nudging her husband who kissed her cheek affectionately. The love between them was so pure and clear that it melted my heart. No wonder they got such a wonderful baby Ava because of their love.

I smiled at them and then again saw that man oddly looking at me. I wanted to ask Demetrius who he was but then decided against it thinking it might not be the right time to ask him that.

He nodded at me, perhaps meaning that he would tell me later. Of course, he could read my mind- I kept forgetting.

He stood up after a while and everyone fell silent. The silence was filled with his powerful aura in the air, making anyone shiver. The way everyone looked at him, was full of respect and fear at the same time. But he did not care for any of that.

"Tonight, this kingdom will introduce a very important person," he said, looking straight at the people ahead. "I, King Demetrius Easton of Querencia, introduce the future Queen of Querencia Blue Learley."

As he offered me his hand and I accepted it and stood up, everyone gasped and cheered at the same time. I could not believe it was truly happening. Somehow, a girl like me had become the bride of a powerful king who was also a werewolf in a whole new world. Perhaps I was an outsider here, but with him beside me, I could feel how everything was going to change and this was going to be my home.


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