The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 13

I wasn’t able to drag myself up the stairs. Eve and another maid had to help me up the stairs and into the bathtub. Eve offered to bathe me but that felt weird and I assured her that I could do it myself but as I struggled to get out, I realized I should have taken her up on her offer.

I finally made it out and I couldn’t be bothered to put on an outfit so I settled for a black nightgown. It was the easiest thing to wear at that moment and as soon as it was on, I crawled into my bed and was out like a light.

I don’t know how long I was out, but by the time I came back to consciousness, I felt long fingers stroking my hair. I was too tired to move or acknowledge them.

“Have you eaten?” the gruff voice made me realize it was Ryker and I responded with a grunt, “That isn’t an answer Camilla.”

“What time is it?”

“It’s nighttime.” That had me sitting up quickly and I regretted it the moment I felt a burning sensation all over my body.

I looked out my open window and sure enough, the sky was dark and I could see the full moon glistening in the night sky with the millions of stars. I cannot believe that I slept the entire day away. I didn’t think I was that tired, I thought at best I would sleep for a few hours.

“I didn’t realize I slept that long.” I said slowly.

Just then my stomach rumbled and Ryker gestured for me to go with him. He had gotten to the door when he realized 1 wasn’t following him.

“I can’t get up,” I whispered, “My legs hurt.”

“Of course,” he face palmed, “I forgot you trained for the first time today. It is completely normal to be in a little pain.”

I didn’t know how to explain that it wasn’t a little pain, it was a lot of pain and I felt like I was about to keel over and die.

“Is it okay if I have my dinner in here?” I asked and he nodded.

He exited my room for a while and returned with two trays filled with food. He placed one on the bed for me and dragged a chair from the vanity over to the foot of the bed and sat on it. I wondered why he didn’t just sit on the bed but I respected that he didn’t.

I wasted no time in devouring the food. I felt like I hadn’t eaten all day and by the time I was done, I felt a little better. I still felt like my body was weighed down with lead but it wasn’t as bad as before.

It wasn’t until I was done that I realized that Ryker had been looking at me the entire time. My cheeks flushed pink as it dawned on me that he probably watched me devour my food like a pig. Maybe I should have listened to Lauren earlier.

agree to the diet,” he said mostly to

prayed he

rid of the pain is by training more,” he explained, “Although tomorrow will not be as hard as today.

settled for a nod instead. The last thing I wanted was to be stuck training with Lauren again but I had no other choice.

my empty tray and placed it in his. He hesitated before leaving the room and I realized there was something else

one; don’t hesitate to tell me,” he reached into the bag, “You’ve been using leather shippers for a while and I can’t imagine how uncomfortable they

color. They weren’t like anything I had ever seen. They covered my entire leg- like shoes. The soles were made of rubber but the top and the inside was made of-

first one. It was also prettier and I couldn’t help

wear it out of the room so Lauren wouldn’t see it.

say something else

“Good night, Ryker.”

mood also seemed to irritate Lauren because when she

“You were supposed to be outside ten minutes

could, it wasn’t fast enough for her and she punished me by making me run a lap around the house. After my lap, she said I wasn’t fast enough and made me run

it being stretches

dismissed it as me being lazy and forced me to do some burpees. On

going to get you out of training,” she tsked, “In fact, you just bought yourself an extra half an hour

to say it as my mouth wouldn’t form the words. I

whistle directly in my ear and I

keep going until she blew her whistle. This was worse than any torture I had ever faced in Tyson’s pack and a part of me wished I had never run away. I would have gladly faced

in my head that I didn’t notice the root until I had tripped over it and I fell. The first thing I registered wasn’t the pain

sneered, “Your pretending won’t work.”

it hurts,” I choked out the

the leg I was clutching

she realized in that moment that my pain was real. I heard hurried footsteps and through my blurry

Eve’s voice was

is; now get

“But she’s crying.”

met the hell

Lauren burn with fury at the fact that Eve just disobeyed a direct order from her. Eve