The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 70

CAMILLA’S PO.V

I knew in that moment that I didn’t have many options so I decided to explore the tunnels. The walls were so close together, I didn’t need to stretch my hands out before I was touching them. It was moldy and smelled like dust. There were also cobwebs everywhere and I accidentally walked into one. I didn’t know where I was going but I hoped I would find an exit soon.

The further down in the tunnels I got, the cleaner they got. It wast obvious that I was approaching the area that Frederick lived in or at least used often. I saw empty packs of snacks and I even came across what looked like discarded clothes but I didn’t stick around to find out. I got into what looked like a clearing and that was when I saw his sleeping

area.

There was a black sleeping bag and lying next to it was the journal. I picked it up and turned it over in my hands, It was just like the others but it weighed considerably less and I assumed it was because of the pages he had ripped out. I had a feeling that this one would have the answers I was looking for. I turned to leave but I felt something sharp at my lower back making me freeze in place.

“I was going to come to you in a few days, I never thought you would come looking for me,” Frederick mused in my ears. “Tell me, Camilla, where is your mate? Is he close by or are you here all alone?”

“I’m alone,” I knew it was stupid to reveal that but I knew that if he wanted to hurt me then he would have done that already.

He allowed me turn until I was staring at him face to face “Welcome sister, I thought it was only befitting that I lived in the palace as I should have been, don’t you?”

“I know about your mother,” I began and he scoffed.

“You don’t know half of what you think you do,” he took a step back and to my shock, he pocketed his knife. “Leave, Camilla, I am many things but a coward is not one of them and I have no plans of killing you in the tunnels. If I will take your life then it will be where the entire world can watch. No one respects a king who is a coward.”

“İş being king really that important to you?” I asked. “You can live in the palace as a member of the royal family, I am willing to give you that. You

don’t have to do all of this.”

He laughed humorlessly. “You have no idea what it has been like for me. I would not expect you to understand, you had everything you could possibly want handed to you. I want what is rightfully mine and I will do everything in my power to get it. Do not mistake my act of mercy for foolishness. The next time you stumble into my space, I will kill you.”

eighteen years of my life,” I began

missing? I heard

wanted me to have nothing to

closer to him and decided

mother wouldn’t

my throat and I let him. I could have broken free but I knew he would not hurt me. I could feel him vibrating with anger and hurt and he snarled in my face but I

he pushed me back. “Take that path straight down and take the second right, you’ll find yourself at a wall. There’s a loose patch on the floor, step on it and you will find an

my heels and began walking away. I

he scoffed. “Of course you don’t, she was never more than a flimsy servant to you all but she was the one who

of

he spat. “He came to see me every week until he died, he told me

smiled wryly. “What was

your back. Your seven days is almost up, Camilla, I won’t hesitate then.” This

the wall cracked open to reveal the front of the palace. It was a small secluded area that not many guards patrolled and I realized that he had given up his way into the palace. It only meant that he had no plans.

the bright light. My clothes. were dusty when I got out but I couldn’t bring myself to care. I had the journal under my arm and I had two entrances to the tunnels. I made my way to the front doors and the guards stared at me in shock when they saw me. A lot of them blinked as if they were staring at a ghost and only one had the courage to rush up to me.

Did something happen?” he asked

and wait for my instruction, I will be with them

do as I had asked. The first place I went was not to the room to get changed, but to Ryker’s office. He wasn’t there when I checked and I went on a search for him. I was checking the council room when I heard a gasp from behind me. I turned to see Christine and

you been?” she asked me. “Ryker has been looking for you for almost half an hour now. He was

but

looked like he had died a thousand times already and he slowly made

thought he took you,” he whispered. “I found something and I went looking for you but you weren’t there. Where did you go and why did you leave your things in the dining room? Do you have any idea-” His

about my encounter with Frederick. By the time I was done, they were quiet and

make sense.”