The Werewolf King's Bride

Barrett and Ezekiel were assigned to guard me when I first came here one month ago. Barrett was an elderly man and Ezekiel was in his twenties. His blond hair and gray eyes were as fierce as always.

I had not left my room much. Because of that, I could not spend much time with them. That was why I had no idea what type of people they were.

"What happened to Barrett?" I asked when Demetrius informed me that Barrett would not guard me anymore.

"He was a spy," he said.

"What?" I exclaimed in shock. "But he seemed to be a good person..."

"That\'s why he was a spy. He pretends well," he shrugged. He had come out of the restroom already. I had been thinking about weird things for a while. As he started talking about something serious like this, I could avert my mind from those thoughts.

"Trouvaille\'s?" I asked.

"Yes," he nodded. He had told me once that among the five kingdoms, Trouvaille had the best spies. But I did not expect Barrett to be a spy.

"When did you find out?" I asked.

"Yesterday."

"But you didn\'t tell me," I said.

"It wasn\'t important," he shrugged. I sighed. There was no point in arguing. He truly needed to understand the importance of something. To him, the most important matters were not important enough, while trivial matters were more important.

"What will happen to him now?"

"He will be executed," he replied normally.

"Executed?" I gasped.

"Yes. The execution will take place tonight."

"But why?"

"What why? He made a grave mistake," he said angrily. The sudden anger made me flinch. "He was sending news about you."

"About me?"

"You keep forgetting you\'re the queen, my wife. And most importantly, you\'re a human who has become a queen. Not all werewolves take this news normally," he said. "Only Alphas can enter the other world, precisely saying your world. But the time is limited as well. No Alphas ever chose a human as their mate."

"It\'s the first time?"

"Yes."

"In history?"

"Yep."

"The hell!" I gasped.

He chuckled. "You\'re amusing," he said.

I ignored his teasing. "What do you think King Ford will do with my news? It\'s not like I\'m a threat or something."

Ford Trouvaille was the king of Trouvaille. I heard he was a ruthless king who was full of himself. He was not so old, but he was known for killing mistresses just for pleasure.

"You don\'t have to worry about that," he said. "Didn\'t you say you\'ll go to the magic tower?"

"Hmm, will it be too early?"

"No. It\'s a perfect time," he said with a mischievous smile. I had a bad feeling about this.

After that, he went to work in his study and I made my way to the magic tower with Ezekiel. Ezekiel did not talk much. To be honest, he did not talk at all if not necessary. I had heard his voice only once.

It was awkward. I wondered if I should break the awkward silence. But what should I talk to him about?

"Um, are you going to go everywhere I go?" I asked awkwardly.

"Yes, Your Highness," he replied. His voice was calm and deep, but not as much as Demetrius\'s.

Of course, I already knew he would go everywhere with me, but still, to break the silence, I asked a dumb question. Perhaps I should not talk anymore.

Reaching the magic tower, I knocked on the wooded door. It had been quite a time, but still, Luc did not open.

"He must be inside, right? It\'s locked from inside," I muttered to myself.

"Should I break the door, Your Highness?" Ezekiel asked.

"Eh? No," I said quickly. Did all werewolves have aggressive thoughts in their minds? Even innocent-looking Ruby talked about killing my family because they had abused me. "Can you connect to his mind? I mean, you guys can link your minds and talk like that, right?"

"It\'s not possible with Luc. Magicians are exceptions as they use spells on themselves to avoid communication. Most of the magicians do this," he explained.

"Oh," I mumbled. If that was the case, knocking was the only way now. If Luc was on the top floor, then how would he even hear the knocking? I could only hope that there was some kind of magical object inside that could take the sound to his ears.

I knocked on the door loudly for a long time before a sleepy-eyed Luc opened the door. He looked like he had not slept in years.

"You kept Her Highness stand here for ten minutes," Ezekiel said.

"Ah, it\'s alright. I think I\'ve come too early," I said smiling. "Demetrius said it\'s a perfect time. So I thought..."

"I knew it! He did it on purpose," Luc almost yelled. "He knows I sleep in the morning. But still, he did it."

"Oh, I\'m so sorry. I didn\'t know," I said.

"It\'s not your fault. Please come inside," Luc said rubbing his head. "Are you coming inside too?" he asked with an annoyed look glancing at Ezekiel.

"I\'m Her Highness\'s personal knight," Ezekiel said. "It\'s my duty to follow Her Highness."

"Ugh, whatever," Luc rolled his eyes. "Don\'t dirty this place."

"It\'s already dirtier than a bin," Ezekiel muttered under his breath.

"If you don\'t like it here, just go out," Luc said.

"I need to be with Her Highness," Ezekiel shrugged.

For some reason, I got the idea that they were not in a perfectly good relationship. Luc did not behave badly with me, but he did not seem to like to be in the same place as Ezekiel.

"Again sorry for coming this early. I won\'t do the same next time," I said as I followed him to the upper floors of the tower.

"It\'s alright. It\'s not your fault. That guy..."

"By the way, I have brought cookies for you," I said and handed him the box I brought. "I didn\'t know what you like, so I brought gingerbread and red velvet cookies. Do you like them?"

"You really brought cookies for me?" Luc exclaimed and before I could understand, he hugged me. "You\'re such an angel, Blue."

Ezekiel grabbed his hands and pulled him back. "Even if you\'re the master of the magic tower, you can\'t disrespect the Queen. How dare you touch her and also call Her Highness by her name!"

"It\'s alright," I said shaking my hands. "I told him to call me by my name. Of course, Luc shouldn\'t do it when there are other people around. But it\'s just my knight. It\'s not a problem."

"But thank you, Ezekiel," I added looking at him. For a moment, I could swear I saw his eyes widening. But then, it returned to normal in a moment.

"If Her Highness says so," Ezekiel said and let go of Luc.

"You\'re grateful I didn\'t burn you alive," Luc said threateningly to Ezekiel.

"You know I\'m fast," Ezekiel said.

"Anyway, Luc, do you have work right now?" I asked.

"Not in a while. And as you\'re here, I will rather chat with you for a while. I need to find out about a lot of things after all."