The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 14

While we waited for Lucy to arrive, Ryker wrapped a bag of frozen peas around my ankle. He replaced it every few minutes to keep it iced and the ice numbed the pain long enough that I didn’t feel it, or maybe it was just that my body had gotten

used to it

Lucy arrived after almost an hour and she was sweating profusely and in a doctor’s coat. I would assume that she just came from something or somewhere important.

“I am so sorry, I was in surgery,” she took the bag of peas off my leg and analyzed the swelling. “I don’t think it is broken but I’m going to have to check but it might hurt.”

She slowly lifted my ankle and squeezed it between her pointer and thumb. Squeeze is too harsh of a word for what she used, I am pretty sure she just held it a little firmly but it hurt so bad that I had to bite down on my bottom lip to stifle my scream. I bit down on it so hard that I drew blood.

She did her little tests and which each one, I could feel my ankle throb more. By the time she finally put my foot down. there were tears streaming down my face and into the pillow.

“Thankfully it isn’t broken,” she said and I heard Ryker sigh in relief, “I think you just twisted it badly. I advise that you stay off it as much as possible and keep it elevated at all times.

“If it hurts this much when it isn’t broken,” I forced out, “How much will it hurt when it is and why does my thigh hurt so bad:”

“Let us hope you never have to find out about a broken bone,” she gave me a small smile, “And as for your thigh, I think you may have pulled a muscle on your way down. All you need to do is ice it up and you will be fine.”

She reached into her bag and took out a roll of bandages that she used to tightly wrap my ankle. I winced the entire time she was doing it because it was tight as hell and it was throbbing by the time she was done.

She placed a pillow under it to keep it elevated and told me that I would be fine in a while. I didn’t quite believe her because my leg felt like it had been run over by a carriage and I could not see a possibility in the nearest or farthest future when I was

fine.

She gave a curt bow to Ryker and was about to leave when Ryker asked her to call in Eve. Eve arrived and Ryker instructed her to feed me breakfast and to watch over me until he returned.

He waited until Eve had brought my breakfast tray before he walked out of the room. I wondered where he was doing and what he was going to do but I didn’t have time to think about it as Eve delved into a fit of apologies.

it?” she

that it will be fine in a while; she says it

trailed off and lowered her voice to a whisper. “There are rumors from Lauren that you don’t have a wolf. If that is

know about that?” I asked and she

explain why they were staring at me weirdly the day

a loud

a terrible thing.” Eve tried to patronize me, “It just means that you are different and

kind of

smile and gestured to the food tray. “You should eat. You will need your strength if you are to heal”

knew that I had to force myself to eat everything on the tray or else Ryker would get upset

RYKER’S PO.V

my way down the stairs. It took my entire willpower to leave Camilla there alone knowing that the was fragile and in pain but something else needed my attention and that something was currently sitting on the dining table snacking on an apple.

heard my voice and tried but failed to hide the apple,

in my home office. It is one of the few rooms where I know we will not be disturbed and there is no risk of anyone overhearing because as much as she deserves what she is about to get. I do not want to disrespect her

“What happened?”

on zoning out and I told her over and over again to focus or she will get hurt and she wouldn’t listen to me. She never ever listens to

you’re telling me that this was her

she never listens to me. She knows about us

hurt flicker on her face at my words, “And Camilla does not know anything. I did not tell

she does. I notice the way she looks at me and I swear that is

a very skilled liar and sometimes it is extremely difficult to know

any kind of authority and although Lauren has no real power or status over her, she would still listen to everything she says. It

a bad habit of always wanting her way with things and I know it is more likely that she tried to force her way and it didn’t work out the way she had

how I realized she was hurt?” I ended

you were just around

physical end, they begin to draw from their mate. I knew something terrible had to

to push the feeling away, “Do you know what it feels like to feel your mate’s life force fading away? It feels like absolute hell. I was in a meeting with the elders and I ran out of it like a man possessed because I thought she was dying. I had barely gotten through the gate when I