Louisseena

Chapter 33

Louisseena

It was already evening when we arrived at the palace. Everything is so grand. Bruce explained to me that his home isn’t the main palace but they still call it the palace. This whole land belongs to the royalty and most of them reside here or grew up from here. 

We passed the gate entrance and I thought we were reaching soon. But it was still a long ride. We finally arrived at the real palace door steps. There was a row of people standing there awaiting our arrival. When we stepped out of the car, Bruce said I do not need to take my luggage. The butler will assist in getting it to my room.

Bruce brought me to the living room or what I think is a living room. It’s a palace, I’m sure they don’t call it that, probably like a big living room. The room ceiling was tall and a grand chandelier hangs in the middle. The sofa here is of red velvet with a modern finish and there’s quite a few of them as if expecting many guests always. Do they even call it a sofa here? I’ll just say it’s spaces for sitting then.

Bruce motions for me to sit down and he sat beside me in what I thought was a 1 seater couch with his arms behind me on the backrest. I almost bounced off the seat as it was quite unexpected. Bruce just laughs at me. Ryan and Beckett also joined us.

Soon, a door opened on the other side and in came a lady and a gentleman.

“Mom. Dad.” Bruce called out, standing up walking towards them and hugged them. I immediately stood up with my head bowed showing respect.

“ King. Queen” I said as I took a curtsey when they had their eyes on me. My parents never taught me the right manners that I should give when I meet royalty. I only assume and learn them from watching tv shows. 

“Please my dear one. Call me Meredith.” said the queen as she came over and cupped my hands. The queen somehow reminds me of Princess Peach. A small crown resides on her long beautiful shiny blonde hair. She has turquoise earrings and a turquoise jewel necklace wrapped in gold.

“ How do we address you little one?”, the king asked in a fatherly tone.

The question I dreaded the most. I always wish someone could answer for me. “ Louisseena your excellency, with a double S and a double E. Prince Bruce just calls me Loulou.”

"Alright Loulou. You shall address me as Richard.” the king answered.

Meredith brought me to sit down with her while her hands were still holding mine. I felt a little awkward at her closeness and attention. I have never met this queen before. Heck I never met any other royalty except Bruce before. I smiled shyly. 

Bruce sat on the armrest beside me and patted my head. His mother proceeded to adjust my hair and allow her fingers to run through it, placing my fringe behind my ears as if having a close look at my face. If I knew I would be staying at the palace, I would have brought better clothes or put on some makeup to look presentable. Now I feel so out of place. Bruce has no issues. He is always well dressed. Do they have shopping malls here where I could shop? I wondered. 

Bruce’s mother looks young for her age. Actually, I have no idea how old they are. His father also looks relatively young. I guess lycan aging is different. I know they live way longer than werewolves and we werewolves can live up to a few hundred years. 

I know Bruce is about 36 years old as I know Beckett is 18 and she said she was born when her brother already has his lycan which is about 18. 18 plus 18 is 36. Which also makes him older than me.

I look at the queen giving her some eye contact. I would very much like to stare down but I think they might think it’s rude to do so. Somehow Meredith is looking at me like I’m her lost child who just came back home.

“Come with me. I’ll show you the family room.” Meredith stood up. “Ryan, you make yourself at home.” she nodded towards Bruce’s friend.

Meredith led me to another big room. Bruce and Beckett remain in the living room with the king. 

This new room was way different. It literally seems like THE family room. It had a big family portrait in the middle and around it many other photos on the wall. Some of those seem really old. I believe it might have been their ancestors. 

The main portrait was obviously their current family member. I can see the bald prince in the photo. I chuckled at the sight of that as it was a younger version of him. Meredith brought us to stand in front of it.

“ This is our family.” she beamed proudly. I can see the family seems quite big. I didn’t know Bruce had so many other siblings other than Beckett. “

“This is Richard Henry Lorleans. Bruce’s dad, my mate blessed by the goddess. He isn’t actually a king.” Meredith laughs. “He is a royal prince and I am a royal princess too.” Well, silly me. I thought if you’re a prince then your father must be a king. 

“ This is Bruce when he was younger. Beside him is his elder brother, Albert. My third son, Charles. These two girls are Amanda and Amelia, identical twins as you can see. This is Dave, another of Bruce’s brothers.” she handed me a photo frame. “ This is Dave’s mate. You might have seen her on tv.” Meredith was right, I did see her on tv. She’s Jean Lee, also known as UI, the most hot and popular celebrity in the land. I never knew she was a shifter ! 

“And lastly, this little girl here whom you have met already is my little Beckett. She’s our youngest as of now.” she chuckled at the end. 

I noticed that in this portrait, Bruce is the only one who is bald. However, I do not know what the last sentence meant. “As of now” they planned on having more pups?!

“ Wow. You have a big family Meredith.” I responded as keeping quiet would be rude. 

“ I love pups.” Meredith said with a satisfied smile. “ When you’re in love, Loulou, you will want to spread your love. I love each and every one of my pups very dearly. I like the fact that they are all different in their own ways. As they grow up, they will also learn to spread our love. And this is what I would love to do. To spread love and peace among the world instead of having war and hate.” Meredith spoke in bliss.

Tears were starting to form in my eyes as I felt her words. I wish my family was like that, giving me love, accepting the way I am. I wish I was part of this family instead. Of all the many families in the world, why did the goddess give me to a mother who couldn’t be a mother? 

“Tell me what you are thinking, Loulou. Don’t keep it to yourself.” Meredith knew that I was battling inside myself.

I let my tears roll out and wipe them with my finger. “ Nothing.”

Meredith urged me and I felt compelled to reply to a royal princess. “I wish my mum was like you. She never loved me or cared about me.”

“Don’t say that Loulou. Every mother surely cares about their own pup. Maybe she just has a different way of loving.” Meredith sounded heartbroken.

“ No she doesn’t.” I started defending myself.

“She doesn’t know what real love is when she’s mated to not her moon mate. She only cares about my brother. When she makes breakfast for us, she would specially buy him meat buns while I get plain bread. When she cooks good food, she would keep most of it for him while I get limited portions. “ I added on. In my panic I could only think of these two incidents that happened when I was young.

“I know these seem trivial to others but these things seem to matter to me and I don’t know why.” I cried. 

Meredith looked at Loulou with a worried look and an ache in her heart.

How broken is this pup to be grasping at little things as if her life depended on it.