The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 24

I avoided Ryker for the entirety of the day. I knew he would be in his room but I didn’t want to risk seeing him and locked myself away in my

room.

I knew Eve was curious as to what happened but she didn’t push me to answer any questions and simply nodded when I told her that I would be having all my meals from the comfort of my room.

My avoidance tactic lasted up until the next morning. I had taken a bath and was getting dressed when there was a knock on the door that I instantly recognized as Eve’s. It was a bit early for breakfast but I didn’t think much of it as I pulled open the door.

Eve stood there but right behind her was Ryker and as soon as they saw me, Eve turned on her heels and left. I tried to shoot her the harshest glare I could muster but she just responded with a smile of her own and disappeared around the corner.

“You look better,” I began not sure what else to say now that he was standing in front of me.

He was standing tall and fully dressed in slacks and a simply shirt. I couldn’t see the texture of his bandages under his shirt so I assumed he had gotten rid of them- he did say he would be fully healed in about two days and half that time has already gone. His cheeks also had a little bit more color and honestly if I didn’t see him in the hospital bed two days ago I would have never thought that he was hurt in any way.

“You’re avoiding me.” Ryker said simply not wasting any time with pleasantries.

“I’m not,” I lied, “I just-,”

“You don’t have to lie to me.” he cut me off, “Come, we have to leave now.”

“Where are we going?”

“You told me you wanted to see the lake, didn’t you?” I was shocked that he remembered, I was more shocked that he was offering to go with me when he was still healing, “Or do you not want to go anymore?”

“I do, it is just that I-,”

“Then let’s go.”

me expectantly and although one part

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self imposed isolation, the more curious part of me nodded and stepped out of the confines of the room. He led us towards the back of the house and towards a trail in the woods.

of an array of flowers. By the time we walked into the clearing, I was staring in complete and utter awe. The view

I didn’t notice before. Different flowers bloomed around

course.

of my back and led me to the edge of the lake where we sat and I could

I breathed, “Thank

he waited for a beat of silence before he spoke again, “The guards are close enough that they can see us but not close enough that they can hear us so I

that kissing me was a mistake and I wasn’t who he wanted but it still hurt to

don’t have to apologize; we both did it so it wasn’t your

for kissing you Camilla,” the sincerity in his tone had me looking up at him and his eyes told the same story his words did, “If I had the chance I would do it

“I don’t understand.”

stayed silent but he already knew the answer, “I should have thought about that before doing it but I didn’t know how else to show you that you

echoed not sure I heard

Werewoll

you in any way that you can have

would come out. That was as close to a declaration of love that I had ever heard

to say

things got hectic at home, she would bring me here and I knew that I wanted to live here. At the time I wanted to live in the lake

laugh softly at his

friends now, you should know things about me.” he ended his statement with a small smile, “Most of what you hear about my pack are

hanged and executed for as little as talking out of turn of speaking back to him. His tyranny never stopped in the pack, he always brought it home.

I suddenly felt bad for his mother because I could relate. Although I was Tyson’s mate he took me by force too and he planned to have other

again and for a while everything stopped until she delivered. She gave birth to a girl and that infuriated him. He said it wasn’t his child and he beat my mother to the point I couldn’t recognize her anymore. I shifted for the first time that day.”