The Werewolf King’s Runaway Queen
Chapter 26

Alissa's POV

"You're really not going to start an argument?" I asked still baffled with Luke as we walked back to the palace.

"Why? Do you want me to?" he asked with a light chuckle.

"It's just...not very you" I said.

Luke chuckled again.

At this point, I am extremely weirded out by his behavior.

Luke is a lot of things but level headed is not one of his most evident trait.

"I'm not happy with knowing that you could have possibly gotten hurt because you so impulsively got yourself into a situation I'm not aware of" Luke said.

"For the record, it's a sparring session. I'm meant to get hurt eventually" I pointed out.

Luke looked at me then leaned down to my eye level as he stared straight into my eyes.

"Do you seriously think that I'll let anyone who lays a finger on you live?" he said in a low voice.

I gulped.

Then, Luke stood up properly and smirked at me before walking away.

Why I ought to...

"Ali" Lia called me and when I turned to look, I saw her holding Bryan's hand.

"Hi, buddy!" my mood immediately changed.

"Ali!" Bryan squealed as he ran up to me and hugged me.

I hugged him back and gave him kisses.

Then, I turned around again to see Luke gone.

I slightly frowned.

After that, I spent the rest of my time with Bryan and he ended up wanting to have a sleepover with me so Bryan came back with a guard to their home to get some of his stuff and ask his parents. On the other hand, I started fixing the guest room I slept in according to Bryan's needs.

"You're moving back to my room after this, right?" Lia said as she sat on the middle of the bed.

I looked at her.

"Do you want me to?" I asked.

Lia nodded.

"Of course, I do. We only have less than a month to ourselves since well, you know" she pointed out.

Right.

"Have you guys talked about it yet? The wedding and coronation, I mean" Lia asked.

I shook my head.

"No, not yet" I said.

Liana's brows furrowed a little.

"Why not?" she said.

I shrugged.

"We just haven't brought up the subject just yet" I said.

"And when will it be? The wedding and coronation is in less than 3 weeks. You're seriously just going with it without any plan whatsoever?" she said. I pursed my lips.

She's right.

"I'll try to talk to your brother later" I said.

"You better" Lia said.

After that, Bryan came and then we headed to the dining room to have dinner after a helper called us.

When we arrived at the dining room, only Lucas was there and no sign of Luke.

"Where's Luke at?" Lia asked.

"He suddenly has to attend to an emergency. He left like 30 minutes ago" Lucas explained.

An emergency?

We sat down with Lucas and food was served.

Even as we ate, Luke didn't come so I just stopped waiting on him.

Bryan and I went back to the guest room after dinner and he washed up then I did and changed into our pajamas.

"Ali, are you waiting for someone?" Bryan suddenly asked.

"Huh?" I asked as I was out of it.

"You've been staring at the door for a while" he pointed out.

"Oh uh...well, maybe" I said.

"Is it his highness, King Luke?" he asked curiously.

I bit my lower lip, sighed and nodded.

"Yes, bud" I told him.

"Why are you waiting for him?" he asked out of curiosity.

"I need to talk to him about something important, buddy. That's all" I said.

Bryan nodded.

"Then, I guess you'll be able to talk about it with him now" he said and I was confused not until there was a knock on the door and I turned my head to look. The door opened and I saw Luke.

"Hey" he said and then glanced at my brother and gave him a nod.

"I need to tell you something. Can you step out for a moment" Luke said.

I was a bit taken aback but I nodded.

"I'll be back a little later" I told Bry and gave him a kiss on the forehead before leaving the room with Luke.

"Can we talk in the balcony? I also have something I need to say to you" I asked Luke.

Luke nodded and we quietly walked to the balcony to talk.

Once we got there, there was a moment of silence.

"You can go first" I spoke.

Luke looked at me before talking.

"A tailor will be coming here tomorrow for your wedding gown measurements and design. I just wanted to give you a heads up" he said.

Oh.

"Oh" I reacted.

I was still trying to process it as Luke just continued to stare at me.

"What were you going to talk to me about?" Luke asked.

"Oh uh it's also about the wedding" I said.

Luke looked at me curiously.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I uhm..." I paused and looked at Luke and he looked back at me anticipating what I was going to say.

"I want to get involved in the rest of the preparations" I said.

Luke seemed a bit surprised while I was nervous.

Not exactly what I was planning to say but oh well.

"You do?" he said.

I nodded.

"I'm not going to get out of it so I might as well make the best out of it" I stated.

Luke bit his lower lip as he looked at me.

"I..." I started and took a deep breath.

"I do want to make this work as well" I told Luke.

"I know that it isn't probably gonna go very well but I want to try anyway" I continued.

"This is going so fast and I only ask that you understand how difficult and overwhelming this is for me at the moment so please bear with me because I will most likely be a mess the entire time" I said.

"You had 21 years to prepare to be King while I have like a month to prepare to be both your mate and the future Queen so forgive me if I can't immediately become a role model because I haven't even had the time to process it all" I explained Luke quietly listened to me.

"But I am willing to marry you and I am willing to start a new relationship with you while also learning to become a good leader. I just...I need a more time and understanding" I said looking into Luke's eyes.

Luke slightly smiled then he suddenly hugged me.

I froze.

"Okay. I understand" he whispered.

It gave me goosebumps but Luke wrapped his arm on my waist and placed his face by my neck as he pressed his body on mine.

I gulped and bit my lower lip as I felt his breath on my neck.

"I didn't have the greatest day today" he suddenly whispered.

"Hmm? Why?" I asked seeing the exhaustion on his voice.

"Just because" he said with a sigh.

I didn't know what to do so I gently placed my hand on Luke's back and caressed it soothingly.

Luke tensed for a moment then relaxed again as he buried his face on my neck.

I felt tingles all over my body at how close we were.

"Thank you" he whispered.

I smiled.

"You're welcome" I whispered back.

Wr stayed like that for some time until it was already late and he walked me back to my room.

"I'll see you tomorrow morning" Luke said.

I nodded ang gave him a small smile before going in my room.

"Goodnight" I said.

Luke slightly smiled.

"Goodnight" he said then I closed the door with a smile on my face.

I crawled into bed where Bryan was lying down and he moved as he scratched his eyes sleepily.

"Hi, buddy. You can go back to sleep. We have a lot of time tomorrow" I told him.

Bryan yawned and nodded before snuggling to me and I gave him a kiss on the top of his head.

"Goodnight" I whispered as I also closed my eyes with a smile on my face.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be a good one.

And with that, I fell asleep.

Morning came...

"Ali. Ali, wake up"

I opened my eyes slowly and saw my little brother.

I smiled and pulled him to me making him giggle as I wrestled him on the bed.

We both laughed and giggled as I started to tickle him.

Then, there was a knock on the door and both Bry and I stopped.

The door opened and a helper picked in.

"Lady Alissa, the tailor is 5 minutes away from arriving. His highness asks that you prepare for their arrival" she said.

Oh yeah.

"Okay, thank you" I said with a smile and the helper bowed her head to me before leaving.

Then, I turned to Bry.

"I guess we'll need to pause the tickle session, Bry. I need to get ready" I said.

Bry nodded understandingly.

I went to the bathroom and quickly showered then got dressed into a chocolate brown crop top and pants set paired with apricot colored braided design chunky mules. Then, I dried my hair, let it down and put minimal makeup on so I looked fresh.

"Pretty Ali" Bry said when he saw me.

I chuckled.

"Thanks, buddy" I said and gave him a kiss on the cheek before holding his hand.

"Let's go down" I said.

Bry nodded and we left the room.

My little brother and I headed outside our room and made our way downstairs to the living room where I figured everyone would be waiting at.

Suddenly, I felt nervous.

Why was I nervous?

We finally reached the living room and I saw a lot of people there including Liana, Lucas and of course, Luke along with some other unfamiliar people. They all turned to look in our direction.

"Oh good. They're here" Lia said and approached us.

"Good morning, pretty" Lia greeted me with a hug then turned to my little brother and light squeezed his cheek.

"Hey, cutie" Lia greeted Bry.

"Hi, Lia" Bry greeted Lia back.

Then, Lia pulled us along.

"The bride, ladies and gentlemen" Lia announced.

"Milady" a woman said and bowed her head to me.

"I'll be your tailor for your wedding dress on your wedding day" she said and reached out her hand for a shake so I took it and shook hands with her.

"It's nice to meet you" I said with a polite smile.

Then, I felt an arm wrap behind my back and held my waist.

I looked beside me and Luke lightly pulled me closer to him then leaned in.

"Morning" he whispered in my ear.

I bit my inner lip.

"Good morning" I greeted back.

Luke gave me a small smile and I immediately felt tingles all over my body so I looked away and cleared my throat.

The tailor took out a design book for me and helped me get through it and pick what I wanted while Luke's hand on my waist was distracting me.

Luke kept gently caressing my exposed skin with his thumb and I was certain that I was blushing the whole time.

I tried to focus although it was hard.

Quinn was definitely loving the physical touch and that was the most distracting part of it all.

She's over the moon with our mate showing 'signs of affection' based on her.

The tailor gave me the design book and let me look at the designs myself.

I browsed through it with Luke beside me and he leaned closer so that we were looking at it together.

I gulped at the distance between us and I could've sworn I saw him smirk from my peripheral vision.

Oh this jerk knows what he's doing.