Chapter 18 - Furious.

Seeing the young men before her, she turned to the man, "they are?" She queried with a raised brow.

"Your bodyguards" Alexandro answered, his lips raised slightly to form a meaningful smile.

Lucian's smile halted for a split second, he looked at his partner, although Kai maintained his frosty expression, his jaw ticked as soon as he also heard what his master had said. Bodyguards? The two men, although young were high-ranking officers in the organization, how did they end up being demoted to the position of mere bodyguards now? It was baffling indeed but this was what the master wanted them to be, of course, they had to agree with joy.

"Bodyguards? What for?" She asked, her expression morphed into a narrow frown, and folded her arms across her chest. She there a look at Alexandro and waited for his explanation.

"For protection" Alexandro answered with a blank stare as though he spoke the obvious.

"Heavens! I know what bodyguards are used for but, look at me closely..." Lena paused and pointed a finger at herself. "Do I look like I need..." She pointed at Lucian and Kai, "bodyguards?"

"It is not about you needing them, wifey" Alexandro retorted.

"Are you making them follow me mostly because you want to watch me all the time? You want them to act as your eyes and report my movement to you, isn't that what this is all about?" Lena uttered, she sounded a bit angry.

"Mm, if you make it sound like that, it is not bad. They can do that too"

"You—! I don't need them!" Lena voiced angrily. She already guessed right, the man must have a motive for asking people to follow her.

"You have to," he retorted calmly. His calmness at the moment even irked her further.

"Do you think I will run away with other men after I have agreed to marry you! Is that how lowly you think of me?!" She blurted out angrily and glared at him.

"You are thinking too much," Alexandro sighed. At one corner, the butler facepalmed, His masters were arguing again...

"It is you who is too much! Okay, fine, it is not like I wanted to get married to a man like you but it is done and there is nothing I can do about it but—"

"That is enough!" Alejandro uttered, cutting her off, his eyes darkened slightly and he closed them to avoid her from seeing the darkness hidden in the depth of his eyes. For a moment, he really felt the urge to drag her back to the room and prove to get that she can only be his whether she wanted to be or not. To cage and hurt her... But he could not bear to do it in the end. She did not want to marry a man like him? Did she know how hurtful her words were? The words she spoke nonchalantly killed him faster than his soul-degenerating curse.

Lena was furious, she clenched her fist and looked away from him. To think that she was kind of happy with him when he allowed her to go back to school. It was obvious that he had other ways to keep watch over her. How dare he marry her when he cannot even afford to trust her. She did not ask to be married in the first place, no one even had the idea of how crazy her mind went not knowing the reason the man married her. She kept on thinking about it but she could not fathom why. He did not only work with his greedy relatives to put her in this trap but he is also trying to take away her freedom. How cruel!

The room was enveloped in cold silence for a moment, each one wallowing in his thoughts. The butler, Lucian, and Kai did not dare to make themselves too obvious, even their breath was taken with caution.

"Lena..." Alexandro called in a suppressed tone as though he was doing his best to maintain his calmness. Lena ignored him, she was angry as well, she did not even want to look at him at all. Alexandro saw that she was ignoring him intentionally, his eyes became clouded with frostiness and he emitted a cold aura, a kind of wintry night wind all the way from the north pole blew across the room. Everyone shivered, Lena gritted her teeth.

The man suddenly stood up, withdrew his aura, and left the room. Who knew why he did that but Lena missed and cursed in her heart, "coward!"

"Madam, please... don't misunderstand master, he... he is only trying to keep you safe!" Butler Luther spoke up after the man had walked away. He thought it was best if he placate the woman first.

"He is, huh? Protecting me against what? Shouldn't I be protected against him? I believe you should tell me this not that" She snapped.

"Madam... master cares about you, he is just—"

"I don't want to hear it" Lena uttered and sighed, she rubbed her forehead in frustration. Telling her someone cares for her is the biggest lie you can ever tell her. She does not believe in that word. Probably because she grew up without receiving care. And why should he suddenly care for her? They had only been married for a few days after all.

The butler became quiet afterward, he did not know the best way to convince his mistress. Although his master had not said anything, the Butler knew that the man was doing this to really protect his wife. Sooner or later, words will get to the king and queen about his master's marriage and if these people found out that his master's wife was his Achilles heel, they might go after her next just to bring his master down.

"Madam, do you really not need bodyguards, actually, I am really good at using my mag— strength, I am a good fighter and can beat up ten men at once, I am really useful, I would love to follow you!" Lucian beat his chest and declared. Lena turned to look at him and he let out a cheeky smile.

"What do I need you for?" Lena queried, her tone softened now that the man was not there and her anger depleted.

"Uhm... The world is evil, vampires and werewolves are loitering about now, right, Kai?" Lucian scratched his head and explained. Kai threw him a look and nodded, they could work together to help their master convince his wife.

"So what? The vampires and werewolves have been around before you were born moreover, the government is doing their best to maintain the peace and unity we have now" Lena rolled her eyes.

"What government!— I mean... yes, the government are doing their best but it is not always that they can be there to help ordinary humans" Lucian uttered seriously.

Lena narrowed her gaze and looked at Lucian suspiciously, "Tell me, you are an ordinary human yourself, what can you do?"

"Madam, how can you say that, it is not like you will know it if I were a vampy or a werewolf, or something more" Lucian voiced.

"Oh, really? What are you then?" Lena asked with interest.

"An ordinary human, hehe..." Lucian laughed causing Lena to roll her eyes.

"If you think you can convince me with this, forget it. You think you have the ability to take down vampires or werewolves if they attack me?"

"Of course! Master would not have chosen Kai and me if we do not have the ability. Those werewolves cannot even stand the heat of Kai's sorc— silver. I am also a level ten blue mag— black belt holder in taekwondo, hehe..." he explained and laughed somewhat mysteriously.

Lena looked at Lucian and then at Kai who had not spoken a word since, she thought there was something suspicious about them but she could not figure it out. The fact that Lucian kept on covering up his words added to her suspicion.

"Fine then, the two of you should follow me" she agreed. Phew! Lucian thought, the master might consider raising his rank after successfully convincing his wife, right?

Butler Luther also heaved a sigh of relief, he walked his mistress out of the castle and left the two young men to do the rest of the work before returning to the castle after they had left.