(From Blue''s Perspective)


    The seven days Dem was not here, all of those days when I slept, I heard a voice. That voice kept telling me the same thing it did before. Just like before, I could not recognize the voice. But I had a feeling that it was that dark mage and my biological father.


    He kept telling me that if I awakened my power fully, I would be able to leave Dem who had confined me within this pce. It was not how I thought of Dem. I did not want to leave. Then why was he doing that? It was like he was trying to change my decision by repeating the same thing over and over again. It would be a lie if I said it did not affect me at all.


    ''Even if you don''t believe something, if that thing is repeatedly said it to you, you gradually get confused. It''s the same for me. I am getting confused even though I am trying to stand firm in what I believed.''


    I also noticed something else. I could hear that voice in my dream and only when I was alone in a room. The times when Dem was with me at night, I did not have that kind of dream. I had nightmares about my family, but they weremon. But when he left and I needed to sleep alone in the bedroom, I heard that voice again. I thought it happened when I was in the bedroom only.


    So, I tried sleeping in my office. But it was the same if I was alone.


    Then I asked Ruby to be with me at night. She slept on the couch in my bedroom. That night, I did not hear the voice again.


    Dem needed to leave frequently these days. It had been two weeks since he started to go out more often than usual. And these two weeks, I had been experimenting with sleeping in a lot of ces, just to see if I still had that dream or not.


    Dem was getting ready to leave. It was five in the morning. I was lying on the bed; half awake and half sleepy. I always had very little energy in the morning.


    "Sleep. You could not sleepst night," he said as he put on his gloves. I had never seen Dem touching anyone without his gloves except me. He said that direct touch was disgusting if it was not me.


    It was not like I had any nightmaresst night. I could not sleep because someone kept me busy all night.


    "Dem..."


    "Yes?"


    "Do you have to go?"


    "Do you want me to stay?"


    ''If I say yes, he will stay even though his work is important. I want him to stay, but I cannot just say that. He is a king and he needs to take care of a lot of things other than spending time with his wife.''


    "No..."


    "If you want to, I will stay," he said.


    "Will you stay out tonight?"


    "I think so," he replied. "Baby, is something wrong?"


    He walked over towards me and touched my cheek with his knuckle. "Tell me if something is wrong. You have been downtely."


    "... Can Ie with you?"


    "What?"


    "Can I?"


    "Why?"


    "I... I cannot sleep. If I am not with you, I just get scared and..."


    "I won''t sleep tonight. I have work to do. It''s not like I don''t want to take you with me. You will get tired," he said.


    "It''s better than having nightmares," I said.


    ''It''s a lot better than hearing that voice...''


    He sighed. "Are you sure?"


    "Uhm," I nodded.


    "Alright then..."


    "Thank you," I grinned and left the bed quickly. I saw his extended hand in the direction where I was just a while ago and he had a dumbfounded expression on his face. "Hmm? What are you doing?"


    "Nothing...," he grumbled as he withdrew his hand. "I just wanted to kiss a person very dear to me who suddenly is very fast at moving."


    "Don''t be like that. I need to get ready," I said. I sighed and chuckled as I saw his sulky face.


    Shocking him, I quickly ran to him and gave him a peck on the lips before running to the washroom.


    Dem had to go to his office while Ruby helped me get ready. She could sleep a bit more than other maids since I always got upte and she did not have many things to do if I was not up. But today, she could not sleep since I got up so early.


    "Why is Your Highness even going with His Highness? Well, since Your Highness is the Queen, you need to go to different ces. But isn''t it too soon?"


    "I just... want to be with him," I mumbled. "And besides, I need to learn a lot of things as well. It will help me in the future if I learn everything quickly."


    "Your Highness is a fast learner. You will learn everything in no time," she said.


    ''You guys think too highly of me.''


    "Will Perita go with Your Highness?"


    "No. There will be other knights with Demetrius anyway," I said. And besides, I did not think I needed to have a knight with me if I was with my husband.


    I wore a ck simple gown and Ruby tied my hair in a side braid ponytail. I did not wear anyvish ornaments or clothing since we needed to attract as less attention as possible. Not many people knew the face of the King and the Queen. So, if we were careful enough, it would be alright.


    "Your Highness always looks beautiful no matter what you wear," Ruby said.


    "You are exaggerating," I said.


    "I am not! Your Highness can ask His Highness!"


    "... No need..."


    If I asked Dem, my ears would start bleeding, hearing so manypliments. In his eyes, I was the most beautiful woman. I had my doubts that he even looked at other women properly. As a husband, he was, without a doubt, loyal. His loyalty was extreme actually.


    "Ruby, has Luc gone to meet your family? He said he will as soon as possible..."


    "Lord Luc has met them yesterday. I could not tell Your Highness since you were very busy. He has officially asked for my hand in marriage," she said.


    "So, the date is fixed now?" I asked.


    "Not yet... But everyone agreed that it should be done within next month," she said. "And, Father asked if Reece is doing a good job?"


    "He is amazing! He works really quickly!" I said. "I was surprised when he finished making the finance report in just a few hours. Financial management is the hardest job, at least for me. But he did that in no time. He does every single thing very fast.


    Thank God, I caught him before anyone could make him work for them. I am lucky actually. I think the Count sent me a letter as well. Reece is supposed to take care of those things. He told me that and left the letter on my tablest night. I forgot to read it since Dem came..."


    "It seems Your Highness is satisfied with my brother. I am d," she chuckled.


    It did not take long to get ready since Ruby did not have to do much. The makeup she applied was very light as well.


    Dem said that he would wait for me outside. He was taking a few of his knights and the beta with him. And we were going to ride horses.


    Perita started to teach me horse riding five days ago. I got my own horse, thanks to my husband who prepared one right away exclusively for me when he found out that I was interested in horse riding. The color of my horse was a bit bluish. Dem asked me which color I wanted and I said that whatever he chose was fine since it did not really matter. A horse was just a horse after all.


    So, he chose that one for me.


    I could ride my horse a bit. But I was not sure if I could run the horse as well. That would be scary.


    Perita showed me a few times and I managed to do it once as well. But I was not confident if I would be able to do it again even though Perita said that it would turn out okay naturally.


    "Ruby, can you ride a horse?" I asked.


    "No, but my brother can. Why?"


    "Just asking... I wanted to know your feeling about running around with a horse..."


    "It seems a bit fun, but I think it''s dangerous as well."


    ''Your thoughts are not helping at all, Ruby.''


    I left a letter for Reece to Ruby. In the letter, I told him that I would not be around for a day or more and he should take care of all the documents as much as he could and then leave them for me to check again.


    ''Wish I don''t have that dream, no, nightmare again.''