The Werewolf King's Bride Chapter 168: The Maid

(From Detrius's Perspective)

I was in a eting with all the kings of the five kingdoms. After a while, a letter from my wife arrived. A maid of Ataraxia brought it.

"Her Highness, the Queen of Querencia, said that it is very important and to give it to Your Highness as soon as possible," the maid had said.

I am sorry if you are doing sothing important, but I thought that I should let you know this. Actually, this morning, a maid poisoned my tea. What I an is, it happened just a few minutes ago. I didn't take even a sip of it though. So, don't freak out.

I could not even finish reading the last sentence when I was already bolting towards the palace she was in. Soone tried to poison her when I was not there?

'How dare they?!'

And when I ca to my wife finally, she was fine. I checked her fully and it did not seem she drank any of it. Even though she said that she did not drink the tea in the letter, I could only relax after I checked it myself.

"It's alright. I am fine," she said with a little smile.

'How can you smile like that right now?'

"Where is that freaking maid?" I asked angrily.

"She is in another room," she said. "Tied down. Ruby is guarding her. Ruby is quite good at holding soone down. I was surprised."

"I will see her myself. And what's this tea?"

"Ah, Ruby made it for just a while ago," she said. "Don't worry. Ruby made it only. No one else."

Ruby, her personal maid, was trustworthy. Or I would never let her be my wife's personal maid.

"Let take a sip of the tea," I said.

She sighed and pressed the cup against my lips. I took a sip. I knew it was not poisoned, but I still was worried. Only after taking a sip and making sure of it myself, I could calm down.

"I think it's alright," I muttered.

"Told you so... Are you going to her now?"

"Yes. You take a rest."

She ignored and stood up, on the contrary. "What do you think you are doing?" I asked, surprised.

"I am coming with you," she said. "Besides, I have to talk to you too. Oh, and where were you when I sent you that letter? You weren't busy, right? If you have to go back..."

"No, it's fine. I wasn't busy," I said. After all, my wife was more important than a silly eting.

She held my hand and led to the room where she kept the maid. I glanced sideways at the woman leading . She truly looked like a queen.

"A lot of things happened in the morning. After you are done with the maid, I will tell you," she said, looking forward while I was observing her face. When did it happen that I truly fell for her?

There was one thing I was sure of- I did not want her because I loved her seven years ago. I wanted her for sothing else. Though I did not know what it was, it surely was not love. And then when I again t her and she saved my life, I perhaps started to like her. But I truly fell for her when I t her that night and brought her into my world.

Her behavior, facial expressions, words- everything made crave her more. And now I had fallen for her in a way that there was no turning back.

It was after our marriage that I realized that I would not be able to let her go. Before that ti, everything happened, everything I said was because of so kind of illusion. And that illusion had started to disappear and now, everything seed real unlike before, when everything felt like to be controlled by soone.

I was not a moral person. But still, when I was loyal to soone, I would never betray that person and go to another one. I had chosen her as my bride a long ti ago for so reason that I did not rember. But I knew that I did not betray her because I wanted only her. Even if I did not love her at that ti, I was loyal to her.

Because I made sure that no boys could get near her, then why would I go near other won? And besides, I never felt anything for anyone before anyway.

She opened the door and I found a maid with red hair tied down with my wife's personal maid standing beside her.

"Your Highness," Ruby bowed. "She said the sa thing again."

"Sa thing?" I asked.

"I see...," my wife said and then looked at . "Actually, when I asked her before, she said that soone wearing a white hooded cloak ca to her and told her to do it, or that person would harm her family. And apparently, that person was a woman."

Even if she did not tell , I had suspected it was a woman. Poison was known as a woman's weapon. Mostly won used it.

"White cloak, you said?"

"I know what you are thinking," Blue nodded. "Ask her again if you want to."

I interrogated the maid a few tis, but every ti she said the sa thing. I could not kill her myself. It was not because she was the maid of Ataraxia, but because my darling wife was right beside . She had seen killing before and I knew what kind of effect it had on her. I did not want to see that look on her face again when she looked at in terror and shock.

I let the king of Ataraxia take care of the matter. His knights took the maid away to lock her up in prison for the ti being until the testimony. I honestly wanted to deal with her myself, but it was a matter of Ataraxia.