Chapter 102

RYKER’S PO.V

I wasn’t able to get to the town square before people saw the body. By the time I arrived, people were gathered around. It was so bad that the guards had to force through them to create a passage for me.

When I got there, I realized why they were gathered. The body was barely recognizable. There was a head mounted on a sp ike and the body was covered with blood and slashes that looked like they were made by claws. One of the guards next to me had to rush into a bush to throw

up.

“Clear everyone out,” I ordered. “I don’t want anyone here who isn’t a guard. The last thing we need is for the family to see him by accident and for f ucks sake can someone cover up the body.”

Two guards rushed to cover the body with a cloth and one of them froze. He stood there immobile for a second before releasing a growl to feral that it shook the grounds. It took me a second to recognize him and I realized he was the one who spoke to me about his brother being missing. I didn’t need to be a mind reader to know that his brother was the one lying on the ground.

“Get him away from here before he shifts and kills someone. I don’t care if you have to knock him out to do so,” I whispered harshly to the guards who were next to me and they rushed over to grab him.

They held him by his arms and dragged him away while the masses watched. If we weren’t in such a cluster f u ck before then we were now. I could hear the whispers and for the first time in a long time, I had no idea what I was supposed to do or how I was supposed to fix it.

We spent the next hour cleaning up the town square and getting the boy packed

I didn’t leave until everyone else had gone. I couldn’t even if I tried. It was my duty to help them and I failed.

up.

“Your majesty,” a guard spoke snapping me out of my thoughts and I turned to him. “The carriage is ready for you.”

I shook my head. “Go on without me.”

“Your majesty, the palace is so far away. Are you sure about that?”

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I waited until the carriage had disappeared from sight before I quietly walked towards the woods. I knew guards were following me at

stretching after a long day of work. I made sure my clothes were carefully situated in my mouth before I took off running. I had no

I felt like I was one with the wind. I ran until I felt like I couldn’t move anymore and I

the quiet where I was present. I was a predator, it was in their nature to be wary of me. I usually had my guard down while in the woods so it was a surprise when I heard the branch

the trees for any sign of life but I couldn’t see anything. I let out a warning growl hoping that whatever or whoever was lurking would be smart enough

bitten Camilla. This one looked younger and more

shouldn’t be alone here,” it was obvious from the way he spoke that he didn’t know

was in wolf form, it narrowed my space and gave him an advantage. Instead, I waited for him to step out and get closer

in his face and I saw fear cross his features. He tried to throw me off but I was much more experienced than he was. He opened his mouth

rid of the body but another wanted to leave the body for the

risk bumping into any more vampires. There was no guarantee that they would be as young

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palace without looking back and it wasn’t until I got

me clothes and

her breath as we walked towards the palace. “I thought that something had happened and my first thought was how I was going to explain to Audrey that she was going to lose both

exactly fault her because it

asked and I shrugged. She stopped in her tracks and turned to me. “Audrey is asking questions. The guards are asking

yet, I need

about this. We have to make a statement. Don’t you realize

to hear it but I knew. I had to breathe deeply to calm myself. She had every right to be upset because she was suffering just as much as I was. I was saved from having

imagined a hundred different ways that he could tell me Camilla was dead. I

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