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.

was a good idea not to agree to the diet,” he said mostly to himself but

to train again tomorrow?” I asked, I prayed he would say no. I felt like I couldn’t move.

he explained, “Although tomorrow will not be as hard as today. I promise. It will most likely be more stretches and stamina

for a nod instead. The last thing I wanted was to be stuck training with Lauren again but

something else he wanted to say. He placed both trays on his chair and walked over to the door then

this one; don’t hesitate to tell me,” he reached into the bag, “You’ve been using leather shippers for a

were a pale blue color. They weren’t like anything I had ever seen. They covered my entire leg- like shoes. The soles were made

on and it somehow felt softer than the first one. It

I made a mental note to never wear it out of the room so Lauren wouldn’t see it. “Thank you”

just want you to be comfortable.” He opened his mouth to say something else

“Good night, Ryker.”

the next morning. I was in a better mood. My better mood didn’t stop me from limping everywhere I went. My better mood also seemed to irritate Lauren because when she walked into the living room and saw me laughing with Eve

she spat, “You were supposed to

as fast as I could to the training field. Even though I was walking as fast as I 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

much for it being stretches and

Lauren she dismissed it as me being lazy and forced me to do some burpees. On the fifth one, I felt bile rise up my throat and I dry heaved all

tsked, “In fact, you just bought yourself an extra half

was feeling dizzy and it took everything in me to stay upright. I didn’t even know how to say it as my mouth wouldn’t form the words. I just stayed there, hunched over

whistle directly in my ear and I forced myself to keep

on the laps. I did the first one and stopped but she told me to 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

had tripped over it and I fell. The first thing I registered wasn’t the pain from the fall, it was a burning pain in my ankle and thighs and

up,” Camilla sneered, “Your pretending

it hurts,” I choked out

instead, she leaned down and pulled on the leg I was clutching

my pain was real. I heard hurried footsteps and through my blurry vision, I saw Eve.

she okay?” Eve’s voice was panicked, “I heard

get out

“But she’s crying.”

said met the

at Lauren and walked over to me. I saw Lauren burn with fury at the fact that Eve just disobeyed a direct order from her. Eve leaned down and tried to help me to