(From Detrius's Perspective)
The rituals that we needed to perform might freak her out if I told her. It was true that she needed to face them eventually tomorrow, but I did not want to scare her this ti. I wanted her to face them bravely, just like I needed her to, the future queen needed to.
"Do you know what truly my family did to ?" she asked faintly.
"I do. I read your mind, Blue," I replied.
"You said you knew for a long ti. Did you see in my world then?"
"Of course, I did. Or how do you think I chose you?"
"Then how co you didn't see what my father did, what Draven did, mother..."
"I watched you from afar while you were doing sothing."
She smiled. "I'm glad you didn't have to see in that condition. That would be embarrassing. You know, I wish you could et Max."
"Your brother?"
"Yeah," she replied, smiling slightly. "He is not like them. Well, he doesn't hurt . He wraps my wounds, then we talk for hours, just small talks like how our lives would be if we were not in that family. Useless talking, you know."
"But you don't love him completely," I said.
"I don't," she replied without any hesitation. "He might care for . But he is not worthy of my love. If he truly wanted to help , he should have let go to the police. Rather he let it stay that way. He might have stopped them, but he never took my side in front of them.
I don't need soone like that. It's true that I need soone in my life, but that person has to be brave enough to take my side when everyone is against ."
"And you were the first person to do so."
"Why don't you just tell so? Why do you keep it in your mind?" I asked. I would like to hear how she would tell that. I would like to hear about us from her. But she never truly said it. She always kept these thoughts to herself as if she was scared of uttering them.
"I don't know. I just can't," she replied.
Honesty- didn't it make want her since the beginning? She might lie sotis, but serious matters never got her lies. She was truthful about particular things and of course, my attraction towards her increased at this trait of hers. Her boldness when necessary surprised every ti. Truly saying, whatever she did was out of the ordinary and unexpected.
Sotis I wondered if there would be a ti when I would not be surprised by her behavior anymore.
"Ugh_ it's a good place to take a nap. I feel relaxed."
"Then co here. You can use my shoulder," I said.
"No... no need. I was just... You don't need to bother yourself," she said quickly.
"Co here, my bride. If I can't bother myself for you, then who will I bother myself for? Co now."
I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and she rested her head against my shoulder. She felt so tiny beside . She felt fragile. I wondered if she would be able to handle a monster like . Would she break apart? No, I would not let her.
She needed to stay beside and I was going to make sure that happened.
"You can sleep if you want to," I said.
"No, I will just stay like this for a while. And besides, I'm not so... sleepy," she said, fighting a yawn.
I chuckled. She was definitely going to fall asleep in a while. "You have to stay in my room with after our marriage," I said.
"You an we have to stay together starting tomorrow?" she asked.
"Yes. It's not like we have to, but do you want to stay without in a different room? Because I don't want to. Nor do I have any intention to do so. Do you want to live apart from ?"
"No, it's not like that. I just..."
"You were worried because we don't know each other?"
"I would not say I'm worried. It's more like I'm a bit..."
"Shy?"
She nodded. I could help but laugh at her adorable expression. "After so ti with , you will not be shy anymore, my bride."
"At all?"
"At all," I confird. "You won't be shy about anything. Not a single part of you will be hidden from . I will see every part of your body, your soul, just like the way you will too. But I guess, it will take more ti for you to see than to see you."
"What do you an? Can't we see each other at the sa ti?" she asked.
"Oh my bride, you can see my body just the mont I see yours. But my soul- I'm afraid it's far too deep and tied tightly."
"Can't I loosen it?"
"That depends on you."
"How?"
"That's sothing you have to figure out," I said, smiling at her.
"You're mysterious," she mumbled. "I can't figure you out, yet sotis, I think I've found the key to your lock. But I keep losing it before I can open the lock. But_ soday, maybe I will find the key again and will be able to open the lock."
"I'll be waiting," I said and kissed the side of her head. The sweet scent of her hair filled my nostrils.
'Do you know why I want you to open the lock to my soul? Do you know why I want you to know from within? Because I don't even know what I am. To , I'm like a shell full of rage, cruelty, rcilessness, yet when I t you, I found sothing else inside , almost like a glimpse of ray after the stormy night. But I don't know what that thing is. I want you to know what it is.
I want you to tell what you see in because I want to know what I am. I don't want to be known as the rciless king, especially not to you.'1
We were quiet for a long ti, enjoying the air, at least I thought she was. I was more focused on thinking... Not just a single thought, rather everything was flooding inside my head.
Her breathing felt steady and she was not thinking about anything as well. I looked down on her face and t with her sleeping face, as peaceful as always- her pale face shining in the moonlight reminding of the first ti I t her.
She asked several tis about it, but I did not tell her. I did not think it would be a good idea to tell her, more importantly, I did not want to tell her so soon. For so reason, I wanted to treasure that mory in my heart and then tell her when I would feel like she was ready to hear it.
'Guess I have to pay the maids more for combing her hair like this,' I thought and chuckled to myself. To be honest, it did not matter if she combed her hair in this way or not. She always looked beautiful. I might not call her the most beautiful girl nor she was the ugliest.
But she surely left an impression that made people want her and I was sure if she went sowhere, even if she was not the center of attention, she would catch the eyes of the predators with her binding aura.
The moon looked bright today. Tomorrow, she was going to be mine completely. It had been long since I had been waiting for that day and now just a few more hours. She was weak, a little human, but if I was right, she was not going to be like this forever. One day, she was going to be one of the strongest people and my precious queen.
She was already precious to , but one day, this precious girl would be able to protect herself as well. Until then, I needed to prepare her, be with her and teach her. When she would learn everything, we would stand side by side to face our enemies.
It was not like I wanted her to do the things I did, rather I had already figured out that even if she might not seem like it, she was not soone who would stay still when everyone was working.
The prediction surprised . How was I so sure? I did not know myself. It seed like I knew what was going to happen. But how I knew had no answer. Perhaps it was for the best.
Sotis knowing the answer of how was not sothing necessary.
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