The Werewolf King's Bride

(From Evan's Perspective)

It was weird how much I regretted not marrying her. It was not like I had really deep feelings for her, although I was a bit attracted to her. But I was not the type of man who would go after another man's wife. I just wanted her to be happy.

I was good at acting as if everything was fine and I was okay. I just had to do it for a few more months until her husband came back.

It was disgusting to fall for a woman, even just a bit, who was married. I could not believe I did the same thing as that knight Ezekiel did. The only difference between us was that I would not hurt her, or her child. I would do anything to protect them.

I just wished my feelings did not go too far. Even if it did, I would be able to cover them up anyway, unlike Ezekiel who lost his mind.

"Your hair has gotten longer," I said, observing her as we sat in the garden on a bench under a mango tree.

"Yeah, it's getting a little hard to control," she said. "It annoys me too."

"Will you cut it?"

"I want to go for a short haircut, but I am not sure if it will suit me," she muttered, touching her hair.

"It will. I think it will look good on you," he said. "I think you should go for short hair with long bangs."

"Wow, how do you know about haircuts?"

"I guess I have knowledge of everything," I chuckled.

"It seems so," she let out a small laugh. "Then, I will cut my hair within this week. Dem will be surprised."

Yes, he would be surprised. How much did she even love him to mention him all the time? I did not like him, but I did not hate him completely. Perhaps I would have liked him as a person if he at least treated his wife with just love and not an obsession. I got the news that he chained her up a few months ago when she was found. How could she like a guy like him?

I could not send spies to the mansion because it was too big of a secret. But I later found the chains, my spies did actually and there were small marks on her wrists. It was not hard to understand what happened.

"Can I touch your stomach?" I asked.

"Oh, sure…," she said.

I got up and bent down in front of her. I touched her stomach with my palm.

The feeling was surreal. It was weird how a life was growing up inside her body. A woman's body was truly a wonder.

After that day, I touched her stomach a few more times. It gave me a sense of peacefulness for some reason. Really, who would ever want to hurt her or her child that was growing inside her? Ezekiel was an idiot.

Three days after our talk in the garden, she cut her hair shoulder length with long bangs as I suggested. She looked beautiful. It suited her.

"Wow, it looks really good! I think Your Highness was born for this haircut!" Perita, her knight exclaimed.

"What are you saying, Perita?" she chuckled.

"Your Highness truly looks good," Calix said.

"Yes, it cups your face," the mistress of the magic tower said.

"All the credit goes to Maria for cutting my hair beautifully and Evan for suggesting this," she said.

"King Ford did? When did King Ford start learning about women's hairstyles?" Lady Ruby, the mistress of the magic tower said. She was quite observing and noticed Ezekiel's feelings for Blue first, but I was sure my feelings were not visible, even to her. I was good at playing hide and seek.

"I am interested in various types of things, but I did not learn this on purpose," I said. "It was by chance that one of my one-night stands was a hairdresser and liked talking about these things."

"King Ford must have liked that hairdresser so much as to put that much attention?" Lady Ruby chuckled.

"Not really. I just like to learn new things, so I was automatically attentive when I had the chance of learning something new."

It was actually true. I slept with a lot of women and still did. The number was a little less than before. But since the day I realized my feelings, I could not just get my heart to it. No matter how many women I slept with, most of the time in these two years, I would lose the erection after a while or could not go all the way because I did not feel like it anymore.

'Maybe I should be a priest now since I seem to be unable to have sex for a while now.'

"That's actually impressive," Lady Ruby said. "Luc is very attentive as well when it comes to learning new things.

"That said Ruby, have you gotten a letter from Luc?" Blue asked.

"Yes, this morning," she said. "He said he is okay and so is His Highness. He added that His Highness will send Your Highness a letter tomorrow. When Luc sent the letter, His Highness was not there."

"I see… It's a good thing that they are okay," Blue said. "I get really anxious, you know."

"Yes, it is very natural to feel that way," Ruby said. "But, trust me, His Highness will be okay."

"I hope so," Blue muttered.

"King Demetrius isn't some sort of random man who went to the war. He knows what he is doing. He is experienced and skilled. He won't die, Blue," I said. "I am not saying this just to make you feel better. It's actually the truth because I have seen him on the battlefield.

He is not someone to mess with."

King Demetrius was, I believed, the strongest and most powerful king at the moment. He was really skilled at swordsmanship, but that was not what made him powerful as I and the other kings were not any less at that. What made him more powerful were the powers that he got because of his black eyes. His main power was controlling blood, which only worked as an advantage for him.

Alphas got the power that was connected to the thing they were interested him. I had no idea how someone at that young age could be interested in blood. I was interested in fire solely because I liked the color of it at that innocent age. It actually made me pity him since a kid interested in blood had surely gone through something a kid should not.

I comforted Blue every now and then that her husband would be alright. Lady Ruby looked mentally stronger than her and held up rather well. I could not blame Blue for her mental state. Someone who had a life as she did would not be mentally strong, at least for a few years after they had gotten away from the toxic environment. In Blue's case, I believed, she would not get much better. Find adventures at empire

Her condition might improve, but it would never get to the point of a normal person's behavior who never had any kind of trauma.

Besides, her husband, perhaps helped her get past one trauma while giving her another one. He was a toxic man and no one could change my mind. Who else would literally chain their wife up, especially when she did not even leave by herself, but was kidnapped?

Both of them were so weird. One was doing crazy shit and the other one did not care much about it and moved on as if it was normal. I had no idea why would I even have feelings for someone who looked past such toxic things. Just how much abuse did she face to think these were normal and not bad enough already? As much as I hated myself for liking a married woman, I pitied her twice as much.

Sometimes I believed I probably liked her seeing her on the roof of a side palace right beside mine where I was staying in Ataraxia.

I sighed and shook my head. What was I even saying about other people? It was not like I was any good. King Demetrius might not be mentally stable considering the kind of life he had, but I was. Still, I was not doing so well as a mentally stable person.