Am I Not Merciful? Commodus x Reader/ Main Character

7: Meeting the Family

This dress is so itchy....

How do people put up with this!?!

"Zola~" I hear Commodus whisper,his body standing right next to mine as we were about to greet his family at the very entrance of the castle.

"What is it...?" I ask him,turning my gaze towards him.

He harshly takes hold off my arm,sharply pulling my closer to him.

"If you ruin this party...I.will.break.you~"

For once I actually shudder, the goosebumps radiating throughout my whole body from his deep and threatening tone.

I look at Commodus with a straight face, through those icy eyes I see....fear....

Maybe I've been a little bit overboard...

I give him a reassuring smile,"of course~"

He nods and turns back to the crowd of villagers cheering as the carriage draws near, his cold assertive expression never leaving his face.

"Jerk...~" I whisper,which makes him give me an angry glance.

A servant opens the carriage doors,revealing a beautiful woman with brown hair and blue eyes, in her arms is a bundled blanket which I presume is her second child. Beside her a young boy with longish light brown hair followed close behind her, that must be the first born.

"That's Lucilla" Commodus tells me," and that is my niece and nephew, Lucius and Lucy, she was just born not even a mere month ago".

An elderly couple exit the carriage as well, holding hands and making their way up the staircase as well. In the old woman's other arm, I see her carrying a small dog in her arms.

"Is that a chihuahua...?" I ask Commodus, he nods,"that dog is as old as me, if she vomits it means she likes you".

Lucilla is the first to greet us...

"Dear brother~" she says with a smile,"I am happy to see you once more~"

"Same to you dear sister~" he says,giving her a hug and then turning his gaze down to Lucius,

"My my Lucius~!" He beams,"you've gotten so big,your almost as tall as your mother!"

He ruffles his hair,then looks at the bundled blanket where the baby rested.

"My dear Lucy~" he gasps,using the top of his pointer finger to gently move the sheet just enough to see her small face.

The baby gazed up at her uncle with bright eyes, smiling happily and reaching out her tiny little hands.

Lucilla shirts her gaze towards me,"you must be Zola" she says,"it's a pleasure to meet you, Commodus as wrote to me about you, and he surely was right about your beauty".

My eyes widen,"t-thank you miss~" I stutter nervously,"it's a pleasure to meet you too".

I feel a tug at my dress,and I look down to see Lucius gazing up at me with his mother's same blue eyes.