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RYKER’S P.O.V

“That’s impossible,” Caius said after we had told him everything that happened.

It was almost impossible to get Audrey back to sleep. We had conceded to having her sleep in our bed and the moment she was out, Camilla and I went in search of Caius. We tried to convince Audrey that whatever she saw was a

to us and it was more terrifying tha, Shtmare but she was

that it was not. She explained it

what her five year old brain should have been able to cook up. There was only one other explanation- it was a vision- but Caius didn’t seem to agree.

“She is a wolf, not a witch and wolves don’t have visions,” he explained. “It also cannot be her powers because she is five and not twenty one.”

“Well what do you expect that we tell our daughter?” Camilla asked with her hands crossed over her chest. “She was genuinely worried. There has to be some truth in what she said. She would not make up something like that.”

“Children lie,” he offered but I shook my head.

“Not Audrey, she has everything she could ever want, there is no reason for her to lie.”

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Camilla because hse looked ready to blow a fuse. Her hair was in a tangled mess around her head from the number of times she had ran her fingers through it. She looked as frustrated as I felt and I wanted to reach out to console

tell anyone about this because it will only bring more questions than answers and the way I see it, neither of us has any answers. All we can do is just sit and watch

is terrified!” Camilla exclaimed. “Do you expect that

don’t have a lot of options right now your majesty,” Caius’

met mine and I gave him a simple nod of dismissal. There was nothing left to be done or said, he had done his best and for that I was grateful. He bowed before walking away and

but in times like this, one of us had to remain strong. There were times where she held things together for both of us, the least I could do was extend the same courtesy to her. We stood there for a few minutes, just standing in the silence and feeling each other. No words were spoken but nothing needed to be said that hadn’t

to face me. “We should better check on Audrey. We have

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room. I opened the door and the first thing I realized was that Audrey wasn’t on the bed. Panic seized my insides until I realized that she was sitting by the window. She was sitting under it with her legs pulled up to her chest, her cheeks were wet with tears and pain gripped at the corners of my heart because I wasn’t

you?” she sobbed into my shoulders. “You weren’t here when I woke up. I called for

the end. “I am so f ucking sorry, princess. I should have been here, you’re right. I won’t leave

felt moisture gather in my eyes. She was so little and yet so much had happened already. My eyes found Camilla who was standing to a corner with her hands wrapped around herself. She was already crying and I could see that

you want

walked over to the kitchen. Camilla followed close behind and made hot chocolate in a small mug for Audrey. Audrey had stopped crying by now but she still didn’t want to be let down and I understood. I wouldn’t have wanted to be left alone either if I were her. I couldn’t even imagine

relatively calm. I placed Audrey on the bed but she refused to move from her spot between my legs. She leaned back against me as she drank her beverage and snacked on

slowly and she hummed. “Do you want to tell me what scared you so much when you woke up?” She stilled before shaking her head. I had expected that kind of response but that didn’t mean I

and

a lot of times but I find that talking about my fears help me. I always talk

you really?” she asked and I nodded. “But you’re big and big people don’t get scared.” “Should I tell you a secret?” I waited until she was looking up at me with her wide eyes before I spoke. “Big people get scared the most. We are scared most of the time. I was scared when I

Her brows scrunched. “Why?”

you’re my little girl and I want to protect you. I knew that I was going to need to step up my game so I could be a good dad to you,” she

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