(From Demetrius''s Perspective)


    I watched my wife as she enthusiastically kept turning around the pages of the file. Her face kept brightening up and then darkening the next moment. All of the emotions were shadowing her face.


    She was pitiful. She was very young but got in the middle of the chaos created by her father and the ones around her. It was not a fate she decided. Everything had been decided for her. And my little wife had been trying to get the leash of her fate in her hands for so long. She was even married to an obsessive bastard; she truly was pitiful.


    When she fell unconscious today, the same fear as before struck me. It was just like the same when she had been unconscious for two days while we were in Ataraxia. I thought she would not wake up again. My heart almost stopped. It was hard to breathe. I could do nothing, but watch her and wait for her to wake up.


    The feeling was suffocating and it hurt me like nothing else.


    I knew she was trying to help, but I did not need her help. It was only hurting her. I only wanted her to be safe. Why did she go ahead and help me while putting herself in danger? What if she never woke up? What would I do then?


    "Isn''t this what you wanted to know?" I asked with my arms crossed.


    "Hm? Ah, yes...," she said, ncing at me once and then turning her focus on the documents. "I had a feeling it''s the case. The ck mana I found in them was very little. Even the head mage could not track it. That little amount of ck mana is definitely not enough to control someonepletely.


    As I expected, the dark mage just spread salt over their wounds and stirred their thoughts up."


    "They lost their families in the fire incident," I said. "All of them lost their parents, their family."


    "The fire incident was very sudden and we don''t know who or what caused it. But the me fell on us since you were after the criminal organization and the headquarter was just beside that ce where the fire incident took ce. The criminal organization also went down because of the fire, so the suspicion only grew," she said.


    "That''s right... So, you think the dark mage caused the fire, knowing that the me will be on us? The kids lost their families and went against us. Then he used just a little amount of ck mana to stir their thoughts up."


    "Yes, I think that''s the case."


    "It exins everything. And the King of Lacuna..."


    "My suspicion is that he is being controlled by a dark mage as well. It''s surely the same dark mage or his acquaintance," she said.


    "If that''s the case, Luc should go to Lacuna with the yearly kingdom-visiting team," I said.


    "I don''t think that will solve anything. Rather, I have another n."


    "What is it?"


    "You won''t get mad, right?"


    "No, why would I be?" I shrugged and took the ss of water from the bedside table. "Here, drink some water."


    "King Ford..."


    The ss shattered in my hand within a second.


    "You said you won''t get mad," she said and held my hand that was bleeding. The look on her face was the same as before when she put ointment on the wound on my chest yesterday.


    "I am not mad," I lied.


    "You are. Don''t lie. You just broke the ss the moment I said his name," she said. She looked dejected. I could not understand her. I was overreacting about every single thing.


    "I want to hear what you want to do with him," I said.


    "That''s not a good way to put it," she said. "Anyway, I want to send him a letter and tell him about the situation. He can understand more as he is a dark mage. Let''s just hear what he can say about it at the very least."


    ''I don''t care if he is on our side or not. I just hate him.''


    "It''s alright if you don''t want to. I can''t do anything about it."


    "I didn''t say anything yet," I said.


    "It''s clear on your face. I know you," she said.


    "... You are not wrong. But let''s hear what he can say since you want to," I said. I did not want to make her sad.


    "Alright. Should I write him a letter or you will do it?"


    "You do so and then show me."


    "Okay. After we return to the pce, that''s the first thing to do," she said.


    "As you wish..."


    The wound was not too bigpared to other wounds, so it healed very quickly. It was a matter of relief because she would not nag me much then. Well, her nagging was also cute, so I would not perhaps mind it.


    "... Dem, how did you know I wanted to know about those kids'' background?" she asked after a short silence.


    "Perhaps because I know you well," I said.


    "I see..."


    "Well then, you need to sleep. I know you slept a lot, but do not stay up. It''s nighttime. You will get a headache if you don''t sleep a bit."


    "Where are you going?"


    "I am just gonna walk around and smoke."


    "... Don''t go," she mumbled. If it was another werewolf, they would not have heard it. Perhaps she thought I would not hear it as well since all she did was move her lips a little.


    I sighed and climbed onto the bed. I wrapped my arms around her and she leaned in. My heart was beating loudly. Did she have any idea how worried I was? I still could feel the fear inside me. It was scary.


    "I am sorry... I will try not to worry you again," she said.


    "Yes, you better not worry me again," I said, cing my head against her nape. "Your husband will go crazier than before. I might end up destroying everything, every single thing."


    "... Is losing me like that to you? Losing the meaning of everything else?" she asked after a while.


    "Yes... I don''t even want to think about it. Nothing ever held any interest for me anyway. I just did not ruin those things. But if you are not in my life, I will destroy everything. So, don''t disappear.


    Don''t make me worried. I will lose it, baby, I will lose my mind."


    "Dem, this... You are...," she mumbled and her ears and the back of her neck turned red.


    "Of course, I am with you after all. We are sitting like this. You expected to have no reaction out of me."


    "I still don''t have my period..."


    "You are ufortable. It''s the same."


    "I can... use my mouth..."


    "You have gotten bolder, haven''t you?"


    "Do you hate it?"


    "Of course not. I would never. I love every part of you," I said and kissed her nape. "What about I do something for you first?"


    "But you cannot touch me... down there..."


    "I don''t have to touch you there. I can touch you elsewhere."


    I started kissing her back slowly while touching her slightly with my fingers. She moaned and bit her lips. I did not have to look at her to know that.


    "Hnn..."


    "I am touching you just a bit, but you have this strong reaction," I chuckled. "You are really sensitive, aren''t you?"


    "It''s because you are touching me..."


    "Well, isn''t that obvious? If someone else touches you, you won''t have this kind of reaction, will you?"


    "No..."


    "Is that right?"


    "Yes, it''s just you..."


    "That''s right. Only I can touch you like this and make you feel this way, no one else. If someone else touches you, I will kill them. And if you choose to be with them, what will I do?"


    "I will never want to be with anyone else..."


    "Yes, but if you ever do, I will kill that person right in front of you, make them suffer, and take you back with me. Don''t be concerned. It''s just a thought. And besides, you won''t ever want to be with someone else, right? You said so..."


    She trembled a bit. I started kissing her back again while drawing small flowers on her nape. I touched her breast with my other hand.


    "Huh... Is touching me necessary? I could just make you feel better..."


    "Don''t you like it?"


    "I do..."


    "Then?"


    "I just like it a bit too much. It feels dangerous to let go into the pleasure somehow..."


    I smirked. "It doesn''t matter. Let go and enjoy. I will take you to the highest ce where you can feel the ultimate pleasure, baby. So, it''s alright to let go since you are with me."


    "Ah...," she moaned as I bit on her shoulder slightly.


    "I wonder how others would react seeing the elegant queen losing herself when she is with her husband. Their reaction would be quite a sight, right? Then again, I don''t want others to see this look on your face. It''s exclusively made for me, huh?"