The Werewolf King's Bride

(From Blue's Perspective)

"You are leaving tomorrow…?"

"Yes, you knew it too. Why are you crying?" Dem asked softly, wiping my tears.

I was just too sad that he had to leave for two months. I had been trying to control my emotions so he would not think his wife was too weak emotionally. But my plan failed and I ended up letting everything out in front of him tonight.

"Are you leaving in the morning?" I asked, sobbing.

"Yeah, that's the plan," he said. "Honey, if you cry this way…"

"… I am not that sad…"

"Yes?"

"Actually, I am," I said, crying harder, hugging him. "I will miss you so much. I don't want to cry like this, but… I will miss you too much…"

"I know, darling, I know," he said, hugging me even tighter. "I will miss you too. It hurts to leave you. But what can we do? As a King, I just have to do it. Please don't cry, my love, even if it is hard.

It makes me feel very bad."

He looked like he was in pain. I could understand him. I was in pain as well. It was not like we were going to be parted for years, yet it felt very painful.

We did not have sex that night, rather just hugged each other to sleep. It felt like we were closer this way. I cried the whole night. Dem comforted me a lot and told me to send him letters using the bird of death. Dem would send me letters frequently as well.

"Don't cheat on me. Just because I have forgiven you once…"

"That was in your dream, honey! I would never do something so disgusting!"

"Hmm… Just saying," I mumbled before I fell asleep when it was almost morning. "I love you…"

"I love you too, my dear."

I clearly felt him kissing me on the forehead. But I could open my eyes. When I woke up in the morning at seven, I thought Dem was gone already. I wanted to say him goodbye and told him to wake me up before leaving. But he did not listen to me.

I heard loud chattering outside. It was unusual for knights to gather here and chatter. So, Dem had not left yet?

I jumped down from the bed quickly and ran to the balcony. I was right. They had not left yet. They were preparing to leave.

I still had the chance to say goodbye.

I held my breath and raced out of the door. The maids were surprised as they had never seen me run this way. But I could not wait. I had to see him, one last time as we would not be able to meet each other for two months.

"Your Highness!"

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

The maids warned on the way. Sometimes, it seemed they were truly worried about me although Dem said not to trust them completely.

The knights opened the front door when they saw me. They were not even the least bit surprised to see me wearing my nightgown as I sometimes even took walks in the garden in my nightgown because I was too tired to change into something else. But they did not forget to tell me to be careful.

"Dem!" I called after him as he was about to mount his horse. He was surprised. Perhaps I came running so fast and suddenly that he did not have the time to get my smell beforehand.

Before he could process everything, I ran into his arms and hugged him. "… I thought you left."

"So suddenly… You have woken up this early today?"

"I told you to wake me up, but you didn't," I grumbled as he cupped my face.

"Don't be angry. You cried all night. I did not want you to have a headache in the morning," he said, kissing me on the forehead. "You are still pouting. So cute…"

"Hmph, I am still sad…"

"Don't be, honey. It's not like I am going to war. Anyone will think so if they see you crying."

"I am not crying."

"So, it's the precum of your heart?"

"Oh my god, don't talk like that!"

I regretted telling him about this joke.

He chuckled. "Don't cry anymore, darling. I will come back within two months, right? If you cry, it will make me very sad. Let's part with a smile, hmm?"

I could not tell him that I had been having a bad feeling all this time. I always felt like something would go wrong before he would come back.

"Alright, I won't cry anymore," I said, taking a deep breath. "Just promise me you will be careful and you won't get hurt."

"I promise," he said, entwining our little fingers. "And you promise me to be right here when I come back."

"Of course. Where will I go?" I shrugged.

'It's not like I have anywhere else to go. The Imperial Palace is my only home in this world, after all. Besides, why would I leave you?'

"Just saying…"

"Don't cheat on me," I warned.

"Don't start it again," he sighed. "It pisses me off so much… Please, honey…"

"Alright… Haa, I really will miss you so much. Anyway, I won't hold you back anymore. I just wanted to say goodbye," I said. "I love you."

"I love you too," he said and kissed me on the lips in front of everyone. Well, we were already quite intimate in front of them, so this did not matter.

I thought it would be a light kiss. But Dem took it too far and started ravishing my lips. I tried to push him away, but who could push away someone so strong?

His lips left mine only after he was completely satisfied, leaving both of our lips red and swollen.

"Dem! Are you crazy…?" I whispered.

"Goodbye then. Love you, my beautiful wife," he smirked.

"Hmph, I don't love you," I said. After a while, I added, "Just kidding. I love you too."

I waved him goodbye as he rode away slowly along with the other knights. The knights waved me back too which was very adorable. I clearly saw Dem asking them why they were waving too. It was easy to understand what he was saying just by seeing the way he moves his lips.

"Are you done saying goodbye?"

I was not even surprised to hear Luc's voice out of nowhere. He had the habit to appear suddenly when he was not needed at all.

"I woke up early today for some reason, so thought of coming here," he added. "It's a good thing that guy is away for a while now. I can have peace now."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

I glared at him. "Oh… You are crying? Why are you crying?" he asked, shocked. "Did I make you cry? I am sorry. I was just kidding."

"Two months… It's a long time," I sobbed. "I already miss him."

"You really miss him that much already?" he sighed and patted me on the back. "There, there. I was just joking."

"Hmm…"

"Come to the magic tower whenever you feel like it. The three of us can hang out," he said. "Two months will pass by in no time."

"We can also go to Mom and Dad's residence. They always tell us to go there," he added as I remained silent. "Last night, Ruby said we all should go there together. It will be fun."

"Okay…"

"Will you come to the magic tower now? Ruby is awake. We can hang out," he asked.

"No…," I shook my head. "I have work. I will come tomorrow."

"You can just skip work."

"I am not like you."

"I hate work… Anyway, come whenever you feel like it. Tomorrow is okay too," he said. "You don't have to send us a word beforehand like you usually do. We are very close, so that's not needed. Just appear out of nowhere. We won't mind."

"Haha, you don't mind it because you do it all the time?" I laughed, wiping my tears.

"Right?" he chuckled. "Cheer up now. Don't just keep crying just because Demetrius has gone for two months. It's not like we are not here. If you act this way, it will make us feel useless."

"I'm sorry. I won't," I said. "I will go to work now. I will come tomorrow, so make sure you two keep your schedule empty."

"Alright," he nodded. "Bring cookies, okay?"

"Sure thing."

"And Ruby will prepare tea. Red velvet cookies go well with the special tea she makes."

"Ruby's tea is surely special, but I don't dip red velvet cookies into tea. I only dip sugar cookies."

"You are so weird. Who doesn't do it?" he mumbled.

"It's just my choice, geez," I said. "Anyway, I will go now. Remember to keep your schedule empty tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah."