The Werewolf King's Bride

I heard a voice apologizing to me. But why? I could not understand at all. It must be my dream. But why would someone apologize to me in my dream?

"Perhaps I should call a doctor."

"What? What doctor? No, don\'t call a doctor. I\'m fine," I yelled. "... Oh, you\'re up."

What kind of situation was that? Both of us were under the blanket. He surely covered me up when he woke up. But now I did not know what to say.

I just wanted to hide somewhere so I would not have to face him. At least for a while, I wanted to be alone.

"I\'m sorry," he muttered.

\'So it was you who was apologizing...\'

"... Nothing bad happened, so... you don\'t need to apologize," I mumbled, being cautious so I would not meet his eyes.

He should not have told me that. Why did he have to say that he loved me? Well, truly speaking, since the beginning, I knew that he loved me. But even so, for some reason, I always tried to ignore the fact and led myself not to believe it in the first place. But why? I had no idea.

Perhaps I did not want to take the burden of the word \'love\'.

"I don\'t remember many things. Just that I came looking for you and then I told you something, but I don\'t remember much of a thing afterward. I mean, I know we did it and I was like hell and hurt you a lot, but I don\'t remember the details," he grumbled angrily.

"What? You don\'t remember?"

\'You don\'t remember? You don\'t remember what you said to me? None of it? Then what about the \'I love you\' part?\'

"... Did I do something too bad? Or did I say something?"

"No," I mumbled. "It\'s nothing important."

\'Yeah, you said a lot and it\'s really important.\'

"... I... I don\'t know what to do..."

"It\'s okay, Dem. It\'s alright. I\'m fine, right?" I said. He looked distressed than ever. I had never seen him like this and he looked like he was hurting. And it felt like no matter what I did, nothing would be able to fix his mood right now.

"What fine? Have you looked at your body? The fucking bruises I made?! There are a lot... I can\'t believe this! That fucking full moon!

If I could, I would just..."

"Hey," I cupped his face, "We went through it just right. And I think you controlled well."

"Or I would just break in half if you didn\'t," I laughed.

"Don\'t... Don\'t make that face," he said as he touched my lips with his finger. "Don\'t act like it\'s ok. I know I didn\'t want to do this, but I still did it, didn\'t I? You got hurt because of me. You should be angry at me."

"Why would I be angry at you? It wasn\'t your fault in the first place."

"Because it\'s human nature to be angry. You should have been angry at me and then perhaps if I apologized a thousand times, you should forgive me. But you..."

"How can I be angry at my cute husband?" I smiled and pinched on his cheek. "I know it has been hard for you too. And I\'m glad I could help you."

"You\'re too... Your body aches, right?"

"... Just a bit. It\'s not too much. I mean, we just... did it, right?"

"I wish it was just doing it," he muttered. "I will wipe you up."

"It\'s alright. I can do it," I said quickly.

"Listen to me," he said sternly and I flinched. "I\'m sorry. Please listen to me. You\'re hurt," he sighed.

I knew he was angry at himself and as I was behaving like nothing happened, it was normal to get angry. But I had to admit that he was quite scary when he was angry.

"... Okay," I mumbled.

It was daytime, but now that I looked around, the room was quite bright. Last night, there was not a single hint of light in the room which made the whole situation even scarier. But now I found a window.

He had already brought some water and a towel. I did not know that there were more rooms in this place but looked like, there was even a restroom.

"It is a place made for werewolves\' mating," he said as he started to wipe my body gently. "Werewolves are somewhat crazy beings, you know. When they are in heat, they almost lose their minds and run around or become totally beastly. So there are some cabins made in the forest so they can mate. It\'s one of them. But what I don\'t understand is how you ended up here.

I followed your scent subconsciously and found you here. That time, I almost lost my mind, so I couldn\'t ask you. But there is no way you can come here on your own. Something happened, right?"

"... Yeah, something happened," I sighed. "But before I say anything, can you hit your cousin real hard for me?"

"What did he do? Did he touch you? That bastard dared to do something horrible to you? What hit? I will just kill him! I will rip his hands off..."

"Calm down, calm down. You don\'t even know what happened," I said.

"I\'m looking for a reason to kill him. Anything is fine. Him being annoying is okay too. But he dared to mess with you. It\'s more than enough for a reason to kill him," he said, gritting his teeth.

"Actually, there was something in the tea. Because of that, I fell unconscious. I tried to come back as soon as possible when I started to feel dizzy. But I could not walk properly or even see. There was no one to help me and since it\'s not okay to bring knights to tea parties, I couldn\'t take Ezekiel with me. Then Isaac came and I think I fell unconscious on him."

"You mean to say that he touched you?"

"Um, when I had still sense, he held me by the waist. But then, I don\'t know. When I woke up, my dress was alright, so I don\'t think..."

"I will kill him."

"Don\'t...," I said quickly. Honestly, I would not even mind if he killed Isaac. He was annoying and was crossing the line. But I had the sense to realize that it would not be a good thing to kill him just because of this. He was a living being after all. "If he does something big, you can think of that then."

"But I don\'t understand why he would bring you here. I mean, this place is pretty comfortable," he said. He was right. I was wondering the same thing as well. If he wanted to separate us, he could have just thrown me into a dirty place or something, but why this place?

"I don\'t know either."

"I\'ll find out about it."

"How? Are you going to beat him? You\'re welcome to do that, but..."

"I\'ll ask him."

"What if he lies?"

"My wife, did you forget that I can read minds?" he said. Usually, he would smirk while saying these types of things. But this time, he did not have much of an expression.

"Right, you can read minds," I mumbled. This time, I was truly thankful that he could not read minds. My emotions were running wild and my head was filled with questions. If he knew about those emotions, I had no idea what he would think. Because those emotions were mixed. There were fear, excitement, worry, care, and perhaps love.

And with them all mixed, I could not think of how to not be anxious.

"You can rest here for a while. I\'ll order the maids to bring some clothes for you."

"You\'re going to leave?"

"No, I\'ll ask them through my mind," he said.

"Okay."

There was a silence. He was looking at the bruise on my neck. It was kind of big and looked painful, but was not in reality.

"That one is not painful," I said. "It looks scary, but it\'s no big deal."

He did not say anything, but hugged me suddenly. I was so startled that I almost made a weird sound.

"Stay like this," he whispered into my ear. His hot breath was making my skin tingly. Because of that, I was reminded that I was naked and he was naked as well. I was so engrossed in his face that I did not feel the need to look down. But it was not much of a problem since he looked too handsome and hot when he was naked.

Perhaps my thinking was not normal, but I always felt that people looked weird when they were naked. That included me. It was the reason I always tried to avoid going in front of the mirror when I was naked. But he was the only exception to my that kind of thinking. He looked like a piece of art no matter in which condition he was. His physique was too perfect to be considered normal.

How could someone have such a perfect body? His abs, arms, legs, face- everything was perfect.

"Just for a moment..."

Even though he said this, I could hear the real meaning in my ears. Perhaps it was because he said those things to me last night- his real desires, his want to bind me to him, and his desire to have all of me. It was not natural, but I was glad that I found out about it,... since I was not planning on letting him go either.

"I will stay with you," I said and hugged him back, "forever."