The Werewolf King's Bride Chapter 18: I Am Ready

(From Blue's Perspective)

Evelyn's words rang in my ears long after she was gone. Was Detrius truly frightening? He kind of gave that vibe, but I was not sure. He never behaved scarily with . But then I rembered 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 so 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 co to my bride? I've finished my work already. I have co 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 soone sleeping," he replied and I blushed. I could not bring myself to look up at him. It was getting harder for to resist the temptation of doing sothing.

"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 want to bury my face sowhere so he would not be able to see what a ss I was at the mont.

"My bride lies too, I see," he said and stroked my cheek with his fingers. He was so close to ... 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 ti with my bride."

"I should get ready, De-Detrius."

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

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

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 to everyone. I just wished I was not going to make a fool of myself.

"My lady, please co 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 . 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 Detrius might get angry, I did not object.

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

"Yes," I said.

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

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

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

"No, it's alright. Actually, Detrius chose as his bride. I didn't know him," I replied. I decided not to tell too much thing. Detrius might not want 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 ans his majesty proposed to you, my lady?" she asked, enthusiastically.

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

Or he might punish .

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

They did not ask anything else. It seed like they wanted to ask , but feared for so reason. No wonder they feared Detrius a lot and thought that I would tell him if they asked sothing about him.

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

"His Majesty is soone who doesn't forgive if soone 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 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 as if I had said sothing 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 Detrius 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 sothing happened, everyone would find out sooner or later.

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

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

Their nas were easy to rember as they were associated with their appearance. I wondered if everyone here was nad like that.

They helped 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 so reason, it did not make 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 like a silky wave of red flag pressed against my back like a protective shield.

They did not let look into the mirror before they were finished preparing . 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 exclaid.

I looked into the mirror to see if she was right. The sight I saw was not sothing I was familiar with. I had never worn sothing so beautiful and I was not sure if the dress was sothing for soone like 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 ? He said he was not going to hurt , 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 ti soon.

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

"I am ready."