The Werewolf King's Bride

I rubbed my eyes until my sight was blurry and a drop of water fell from my eye. I surely had slept for a long time. The day looked way too bright today. Demetrius must have brought me here. I wondered what time it was. He said today...

"Crap! What the actual hell!"

"My lady, are you alright?" Ruby rushed inside.

That was the time I noticed that she was inside the room, in the bathroom. But rather than feeling embarrassed, I was panicking.

"Today... What\'s going to happen today?" I asked shakily.

"My lady, are you truly feeling alright? Should I bring a glass of water to you or something..."

"No, nothing. Just tell me what\'s going to happen today."

"Today you and our king are going to marry, my lady. Did you forget?"

"Huh?"  1

So, it was true then. We truly were going to marry. The day I turned eighteen was also going to be the day I was going to get married, the same day when I became an adult. There was a lot to take in for one day, but the thing that bothered me was if I truly would be able to be happy.

He would not hurt me, would he? It was not like I had a choice to run away from him. And more importantly, I was not sure if I wanted to run away from him. For some reason, even though I knew he had a weird possessive personality, I wanted to be with him. I wanted to know more about him and see his deepest self that he had locked inside himself.

"My lady! Are you alright? You\'re spacing out!"

"Yeah, I\'m fine. It\'s just... Never mind. Um... can you tell me when the wedding ceremony is?"

"His Majesty said he will tell my lady himself. He told me to inform him when you wake up."

"I must have slept for too long. You should have woken me up," I said.

"His majesty told me not to. He said that my lady needs rest," Ruby replied.

"Do I?"1 I mumbled. "Anyway, I better freshen up. Then you can call him."

"My lady, I prepared a bath for you. I mean, today the bath is a bit special. So it took quite a long time. It\'s ready now. My lady can take a bath and in the meantime, I can inform his majesty."

"Alright," I said.

I went to the bathroom and sat down in the bathtub. Ruby called the other maids and they came to help me bathe. I still did not understand why someone else needed to bathe me when I could do it perfectly myself.

Today they were using some weird oils with weird smells on my body. Thankfully, they said that they were going to wash it off and my body would not be slippery. Or it would be truly disgusting.

"Today is a really special day, my lady," Brenna said excitedly.

"Yes, my lady. You\'re going to be our queen today," Arianell said, grinning broadly that made me wonder if it was her wedding or mine.

"You guys are really excited," I muttered.

"Of course we are, my lady. It\'s a special day for every werewolf," Brenna said. "Even if our lady is not a werewolf, it\'s still a great day for you."

"How so?" I asked.

"My lady, you don\'t know anything that happens at a wedding?" Arianell asked, being kind of surprised.

"Um, no," I mumbled.

"Then we must tell you, my lady," Arianell said enthusiastically.

"No need. Ari. His majesty doesn\'t want us to tell our lady anything," Ruby said. She said she had gone to inform Demetrius. I wondered why he did not want them to tell me anything. It would be better if I knew about the rituals beforehand.

In that way, I would be able to relax a bit.

I sighed. There was no point in thinking about his weird decisions. All I needed to do was see what was going to happen next. All I wished was for everything to go as smoothly as possible. I did not want to be unhappy anymore.

"Did you bring the special scent her majesty ordered you to?" Ruby asked Brenna.

"I did. We can use it on my lady tonight," Brenna said.

"What scent?" I asked, not getting a single thing they were talking about.

"It\'s very special, my lady. It makes the wedding night even more special," Brenna replied, being totally red.

So, they were talking about those things... Now that I thought about it- I was kind of afraid of what was going to happen. I had never done this before... I had never even kissed anyone. Did I really have to do this tonight? Was there no escape?

I shook my head furiously. If I did not stop thinking about it now, I might start thinking about it in front of Demetrius as well. That would be a huge problem. If he found out that I was afraid of this kind of thing, he might get angry or something like that. I had a feeling that if he was angry, there would be lots of trouble.

After the bath, they wrapped my body in a towel and dried my hair. I had to admit that I felt good after the bath and even more relaxed than before.

"My lady, we will come back after a while," Arianell said and bowed. Before I could ask where they were leaving before dressing me up, they left. I wore a  plain off-white robe that was meant for wearing after taking a bath so the maids could do the hair.

I got out of the bathroom and discovered the reason why they left hastily. Demetrius was sitting on the bed, wearing his usual king\'s outfit and looking as handsome as always with his powerful aura surrounding him.

"Have you bathed?" he asked, looking back at me.

"Yeah," I replied. "I slept a lot today. Why didn\'t you let them wake me up?"

"You needed rest."

"Why? I wasn\'t even tired or..."

"You needed rest for today. It\'s gonna be a day without any rest."

"Are we going out for a run or something? Is it part of the tradition of a wedding ceremony?" I asked dumbly.

"Pfft1... No. You\'ll see, my bride."

"You always say this. But wouldn\'t it be better if I know beforehand?"

"Why are you standing so far away? Am I that scary?"

"No..."

I went up to him and sat down on the bed. Being too close to him always made my body twitch for some reason. I did not know why, I just did not want to feel that sensation. Not because I did not like it, but because the feeling confused me. It was the first time I was feeling like this. Perhaps that was the reason I was afraid of being too close to him.

"I just don\'t want to frighten you," he said.

"Do I have to die?"

He laughed. "No... Alright, if you wish to know, I can tell you. But you can\'t be scared. And even if you\'re scared, you have to face it."

\'What kind of possessive saying is that? Is it supposed to comfort me?\'1

"It\'s not. I\'m not good at comforting others," he said.

"I can see that."

"Anyway, the wedding ceremony of the werewolves involves marking."

"Don\'t tell me... Are you going to bite me?"

"How do you know that?"

"I\'ve read werewolf romance novels... Anyway, are you really going to bite me?"

"It\'s called marking. It means you\'re mine officially. The marking of Alphas are unique and it is more_ painful."

I gulped. No matter what it was, I needed to face it. Now I felt like it would be better if he did not tell me this. It was all my fault. I should not have nagged him.

"Is that all?"

"I know you\'re scared. Why are you pretending?"

"I am scared, but I still want to know," I said.

"It\'s what we do in the ceremony. The night events are different."

"What do we have to do then?"

"Just what couples are supposed to do on their wedding night."

That\'s it then- tonight we were going to do it. Why was I feeling so nervous? Truly saying, I was kind of scared. He was truly tall and big. I looked very tiny next to him, but if we did it... Oh no, what if I died during the process?

"Don\'t overthink, my bride," he said in a way that gave me the impression that he was trying to suppress his laughter. "We just have to do that, just a bit longer than usual."

"Huh?"1

"You know, kind of like a night-long make-out session," he smirked.

"Eh?"1