The Werewolf King's Bride Chapter 11: The Breakfast With His Family

(From Blue's Perspective)

I thought I was going to pass out from nervousness. With the anticipation of eting his family, it was difficult to breathe. What if they did not like ? What if they would want to throw away? He would not do it, would he?

"Detrius?"

"Yes?"

"What if they don't like ? Will they throw out? Will you throw out?" I asked.

"Of course not, Blue. They will like you. And I'll never throw you out. No one has the right to do so," he replied gently.

He held my hand as he guided down the steps, and I felt as if his hand was the only thing keeping upright.

He led to the dining room, which alone was the size of the conference room of our school. I noticed there was a table in the middle with a balcony in the front as we entered the room. The room did not need any candles for lighting; the sunlight-filled that need properly.

A woman with fiery red hair smiled at . Her eyes were similar to Detrius's. I knew right away that she was his mother.

Beside her, there was a woman, perhaps of the sa age as Detrius, who had bright red hair like his mother and blue eyes. She was smiling slightly at , a friendly look oozing from her face.

There was another man who was on the other side of the table, looking at us expressionlessly. I did not like the way he was looking at . It was clear that he did not like .

Beside the man, there was a woman with blonde hair who was faking a smile. It was way too obvious, but she still did not seem to understand that. I was certain that these two, whoever they were, did not like at all.

"Uncle Dem, can I talk to Aunt Blue?"

A little girl's voice drew my attention away from them and down. I noticed a girl with brown hair poking Detrius on the leg with her little finger, giving nervous yet curious glances. Her eyes were baby blue, so beautiful that I felt the urge to kiss her right away.

"Go ahead. Talk to her," he urged gently, smiling down at her.

With small, tentative steps, the little girl approached . I knelt to make it easier for her to talk to .

"Hi," I said as I noticed her hesitation.

"Hello, Aunt Blue," she said, suddenly smiling when she noticed I was smiling as well. "I'm Ava."

"It's nice eting you, Ava."

"Really?" she exclaid, smiling broadly.

"Yes. I've been looking forward to eting you since last night. Your uncle inford that you want to et . I've been waiting since then," I murmured as I took her gentle hand in mine.

"I went to et you, but Uncle Dem did not let . He said you needed rest. I wanted to play with you. Will you play with today?"

"She has just co here, Ava."

It was the woman who I thought was about the sa age as Detrius. Perhaps it was his sister.

"Don't mind her, Blue. She is just very excited," she said, smiling at . "I'm Evelyn, by the way, Detrius's sister. We've all been looking forward to eting you."

"It's really great to et you," I said. "And I would not mind playing with Ava. I would love to actually."

"Really, Aunt Blue?" the girl asked excitedly.

"Yes. We can play whatever we want."

"Alright then. We will go in the garden and play there in my treehouse," she said.

"Then co and have your breakfast first," Evelyn said and her daughter ran to her.

"Co on, dear. Sit down," the woman who I suspected was Detrius's mother said gently.

Detrius nodded at and helped sit in a chair. "I'm Detrius's mother. You can call Mother too."

My heart almost sank hearing this. She was better than my own mother. My mother never loved and here she was, I just t her and she was telling to call her Mother.

I nodded, tears welling up in my eyes, but I imdiately gathered myself. "That is his uncle and his wife."

I smiled at them, and the woman responded with a phony smile of her own, while the male remained expressionless. Now it was clear that he did not want here at all.

The breakfast went on with their little chats while I listened mostly. They were being friendly with and I was getting comfortable talking to them as well.

"What about your family, Blue?" his uncle asked suddenly.

He had not spoken to in a long ti, and his abrupt question made feel like he was attempting to humiliate . But he could not know about my family, could he? Did Detrius tell him?

"There are my father, mother, and two brothers. I'm the youngest child," I replied, trying to keep my tone even.

"They didn't know much about our Detrius, did he? Then why did they let you co with him?" he asked again.

"I..."

"They know enough to trust with their daughter," Detrius said before I could say sothing.

"Still she is their daughter, right? They can't get to know you in only one day," his uncle said.

"Uncle Victor, that's sothing that Blue and I need to worry about, not anyone else. And I would appreciate if people kept their noses to themselves," Detrius said coldly.

His uncle seed to get angry at this but did not say anything else. It kind of seed to that he was a bit afraid of Detrius. Was Detrius very angry? Would he do punish people if they did not listen to him? This thought ca to my mind a lot every ti I would think of saying or asking him sothing. But as each minute passed, with his gentle behavior, I could not think of him becoming angry.

"What's this?" I asked, looking at the weird-looking slimy thing on my plate.

"That's made of beef," he replied.

"It looks weird," I comnted.

"But tastes good. Eat it," he said.

I decided to try it even though I had a feeling that it would not taste good. As soon as I put it into my mouth, I found out that he was right. It indeed was tasty.

"Like it?" he asked and I nodded imdiately, causing him to chuckle. I heard his mother amusingly chuckling as well, but I had no idea why. Was it because I ate it? Or was it because her son smiled? But either way, I was okay with it. At least, she did not seem to hate .

Breakfast did not turn out to be as horrible as I had feared. They seed to get along with , which was a plus. His uncle and aunt did not like for sure, but that was not sothing I needed to worry about. Detrius seed to defend , so it was fine.

After breakfast, I promised Ava that I would play with her. Detrius said he wanted to talk to a bit first, so I told Ava to wait while I went to my room with him.

"Listen, Blue, there are a lot of people here. They are all werewolves and as you're a human, there are going to be guards with you wherever you go. Not everyone is good, so you have to be careful all the ti. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"And if anyone asks you about your family or anything like that, tell them only the parts you're comfortable in talking about. This includes . You don't have to talk about sothing you don't want to talk about," he said, making my heart go abnormal all over again. He did not have any idea how much his words ant to .

"Ok," I mumbled. I found him getting closer to and I stiffened. He put his face down so his lips brushed against my left ear and kissed on my helix. I shuddered and he held by the shoulders with his strong hands.

"I'll et you at dinner, my bride. I would love to join for lunch as well, but I've so work to do," he said and I could do nothing but nod.

"Let introduce you to your guard," he said. He did not even have to call out, two n ca through the door as if they already knew that Detrius wanted them.

"This, my bride, is Barrett," he said looking at the man in his fifties. Most of his hair had turned grey and he had a look of absolute loyalty on his face.

"And that is Ezekiel."

Ezekiel was young, perhaps twenty-two or twenty-three. He had blond hair along with matching grey eyes that gave him a look of fierceness. But his fierce look was nothing compared to Detrius's resting face.

"Barrett and Ezekiel, et your future Queen and Luna. Save her with your lives if you might."