The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 124

CAMILLA’S PO.V

Throughout the entire day, I felt the absence of my daughters and Christine. It was like a song hidden beneath the walls that called out to my soul. I could feel their absence as clearly as I could feel the walls next to me or the soft wood from my table underneath my fingertips and although I tried, I couldn’t brush off the ashy taste in my mouth that came with feeling so alone. There was no way for us to know when they had arrived, we would just have to wait and hope that everything worked out just the way we had planned.

As soon as they left, Ryker and I threw ourselves into work. Their absence was a necessary evil and now we needed to focus and bring an end to this. We needed to find a way to get the vampires out of the equation and draw Alastair out long enough for us to incapacitate him. We had all the equipment that we needed, we just needed a foolproof plan. One that was bound to work and I knew exactly where I was going to get it. I just needed Ryker to agree to it first.

That was how I found myself at his door sometime around noon and I knocked slowly. I never knocked so when I pushed open the door, there was concern on his face. I moved with deliberate slowness, maybe it was to draw out the inevitable conversation or maybe it was to give myself some sort of morale- I wasn’t sure. Ryker was on edge as he watched me, like a coiled viper ready to strike at any moment.

“I know that face,” he began and I raised my brows in shock. “It usually means that you want to ask for something that you know I will refuse. Tell me, Camilla, what is it this time?”

“I know a way we can get Alastair to come out,” I said slowly and I watched as h9is expression went from amused to intrigued in less than a second. “It is a rough plan and it needs some work but I believe that this is the only one that we have.”

“I’m listening.”

“Use me,” he opened his mouth to refuse immediately but I held out a hand to stop hm. “He wants me for some reason. At first, it was for revenge but I don’t think that’s what it is anymore. This is more than that. He could have killed me that night he attacked the town but he didn’t. There is something that he wants and if we can make him think that he will get it then we might be able to corner him.”

“How do you plan to execute this?”

“He’s always watching, right? I can give him a show. He will be in the forest at night, or his men will be.”

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you want to walk straight into the forest when you could be taken. That is absurd, Camilla, even for you. There is too much that can go wrong.”

our only

to this. “We will find another way, something else that doesn’t involve you putting your life at risk for a

worry- I truly did- but I was trying and right now, there was nothing else that could be used to draw Alastair out. The fact that he didn’t want to accept it

instead. “You have to think about this, Camilla. This isn’t a game anymore, there are lives and people

then you can be king,” I joked but his mouth didn’t as much as twitch. He didn’t find it amusing at all. “We need to act fast, Ryker, he will notice sooner or later that the kids are gone and he will search for them. We have no way to reach them

to k*ss me softly. “I know, believe me, I do. I thought about sending them away every second of the night and I wondered if it was the right thing to do but we are keeping them safe and that is all that

what do we do now?‘

few days ago asking if he could spare some men. If we kill Alastair, we will be declaring war on the vampires.

think he will

at responding to letters. He will

attacking Alastair until we have all our defenses in place. That would be a rash and immature

for the first time, the corner of his lips tipped up.

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am always right. You just need to calm down

leaned down to k i s s me again and I wrapped my arms around his n e c k to deepen it. With everything that was going on, I couldn’t remember the last time I just melted into his arms and enjoyed his presence. The heat from Ryker’s skin felt like bliss against mine. When I moaned into his mouth, I felt the corner of his lips pull up. Someone else. would have called what we were doing unhealthy.

off him. His hands wrapped into my hair and he tugged sharply eliciting a small gasp from me which he drowned out as his tongue slipped into my mouth. His hands leisurely ran down my body not removing my clothes but burning a path on my bare skin regardless. I wanted to rid myself of the barriers between us. I wanted to feel his skin on mine

he whispered against my lips. “Let me k i s s you for hours on end until I forget where you start and where I end. Just stay with me

it flowed from my lips easily, “Anything.”

knees apart with his leg and stepped between them. He had both of my hands pinned behind my back with one hand while the other trailed to the small of my back and he pulled me flush against him. Our centers touched and I hissed out in pleasure. Ryker moved his hips slowly against mine as he