The Werewolf King's Bride

(From Demetrius's Perspective)

I had no idea why she was flirting with me when she said she did not want to do anything other than take a bath. Did she not realize she was flirting?

"Dem…"

"Yea?"

"Let's use the big one. The water is hot there. I mean, we can just reduce the temperature, so it's just warm water, not too hot," she said. Her eyes were twinkling with anticipation. I had to give in right away.

"Well, if you want to…"

I sat on the bed shirtless while she excitedly told the maids to prepare the other bath for us right away.

"Can you do it immediately?" she asked.

"It won't take more than fifteen minutes," a maid replied.

"And the temperature of the water should not be more than ninety-eight degrees Fahrenheit."

"Yes, Your Highness. We will make sure of that."

"Thank you," Blue said and turned to me. "Do you want to do something in the meantime?"

'Have sex? Fifteen minutes are not enough for that though…'

"Dem, think innocently," Blue warned as if she knew what I was thinking.

"Maybe just talk… innocently about innocent stuff?"

"Right! I need to discuss something important with you!" she exclaimed. "You guys can go now."

She quickly climbed on the bed with a very serious look on her face and sat down in front of me.

"First of all, can we really not find out the gender of our child?" she asked.

"No, it's not possible," I said.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"So bad… I really wish I could know… But anyway, let's just wait for the surprise."

"What would you do if you knew?" I asked.

"Just… I don't know… I still wanted to know," she mumbled. Read exclusive content at empire

"I see. Well, no one can know that before it is born."

"In my world, it was possible by ultrasound. It is done between the 18th and the 22nd weeks," she said. "Well, obviously, the child needs to be in a position where its genital is visible."

"So, you can see it before it is born?" I asked, surprised.

"Yeah, on a screen," she said. "Not too clear, but it works too."

"That's cool. It's kind of like that mirror thing that Luc made, isn't it?"

"Both of them are very different. The mirror thing is more like a camera."

"Isn't it used to take pictures? You told me about it."

"Yeah. We can take videos too. Videos are like a recording of a moment. We have that kind of magical tool here, but the way they work is very different although the purpose is the same. They are used to taking pictures as well."

"I see… Ah, we are completely off the topic you were talking about."

"Right. As I was saying, I wanted to know the gender of our baby. But since it's not possible, I guess we will need to wait to name our baby after its birth. I can't wait, you know?"

I was a little afraid, especially about her giving birth. It was a long way to go, but I still could not help but worry. How was a child can even come out of her vagina? It was going to expand, but it felt impossible and scary to me. But I never told her about my fear since she might end up being afraid as well and I would only make it hard for her that way.

"I'm a little afraid too," she said.

"About what?" I asked, shocked. I thought she understood what I was thinking.

"I mean… Will I even make it to the 40th week?"

"Of course. Don't be afraid, darling. You and our child both will be fine. We will have a healthy baby, ok?"

"… It's just… I can't stop worrying," she sighed. "You know what happened last time…"

"I know why you are worried and it's possible to be worried. But darling, this time, we are extra careful. We have enemies and we will keep on having them because of our positions. But that doesn't mean we will back away from expanding our family. We will have a kid, or… maybe more. We just need to find a way to protect them and us, our family.

We need to live among enemies. Let's just form our life that way so no one can harm us," I said and held her hands. "We will make it, my love. We are together in this. We will surely make it."

She nodded, biting her lip. It looked like she was holding back her tears. My wife was actually an emotional person, though she did not show it to everyone. I was glad she showed her true self to me the most.

"You are so assertive."

'No, I am realistic. To be honest, nothing and no one is safe now. War is almost knocking on the door. But I don't want you to worry. I will keep you safe and with me, no matter what.'

"I always think of the negative."

"You are just worried, dear. But we will overcome everything," I said, touching the side of her neck. Even I had no idea why I loved that much physical touch. It was getting out of hand, but my dear wife got used to it. So, I was not even trying to restrain myself.

"The bath is ready, Your Highness."

"Ah, it's ready. Let's go!" Blue exclaimed. Her mood changed in a moment. It was crazy. Even during her period, her mood did not change this quickly.

"Be careful. You will trip," I said.

She looked way too excited. We usually did not take baths in this bathroom, since it was way too time-consuming. After I came back after a long day, she sometimes would take a bath together. She knew how much it meant for me to spend time with her. No matter how hard of a time it was, if I could just be with her for a while, I could live in the illusion of a golden period.

No matter how realistic I was, I craved to live in that illusion as long as possible.

"Be careful," I said. "The floor might be a little slippery near the tub."

As soon as I finished, she slipped. I was way too quick and caught her arm right on time. If it was not her, my legs would not have moved that fast perhaps.

"Ow…!"

"See? I told you to be careful! Are you okay?"

She nodded and looked at her arm where I was holding her. I held her so tightly that it left a mark.

"Ah…"

But if I had not held her, she would have fallen.

"Thanks…," she said. "But you hurt me…"

"You would have gotten more hurt if you fell. Sorry though," I said, massaging her arm.

"I was being so… But the water looked nice."

"I have heard anyone saying that just to take a bath," I muttered.

"Come on. You hold my hand so I won't fall and hurt our baby," she said. "I want to wash my legs first."

She sat down on the edge and played with the water using her legs. I felt at peace seeing her enjoying herself. I had refrained her from working on anything other than the matters within the palace. It was because I did not want her to hear much about the situation with Mazazine. She knew a bit, but that was from me which surely was not the full story.

She had recently escaped from that shitty father of hers. He was a terrible father and a really disgusting person. He did not have any qualities that I found interesting. He even had a terrible fashion sense. In one word, he was basically worthless. Well, but he had the power.

Blue wanted to help me with my work, so she kept on wanting to work more. But I kept bringing our unborn child into the matter and told her stress would be bad for our child. It was something that could be mentioned whenever I needed her to listen to me. It was not like I would take advantage of her motherly feelings that way all the time. It was because of her own good this time.

I felt a little guilty. Maybe I would apologize to her someday.

"Come here!"

"Are you enjoying yourself?" I chuckled. "Well, I don't need to ask. You look you like you are."

"It's fun to be here actually. So peaceful…"

The word 'peaceful' was like a dream to me and to her as well. Peace was something that we could not have. Wars would take place, one after another. There were assassins who tried to kill us, people who rebelled against us, and then, her father was looking for any way to take her away again.

How could we have the luxury to use the word 'peaceful'?