The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 158

CAMILLA’S P.O.V

Anxiety bubbled through me as we took the carriage into town. Christine was a bundle of nerves with how she was anxiously biting her nails and twiddling with her fingers. Even Juan’s presence did little to calm her although I could clearly tell that he was doing his best. She was torn up over something and it didn’t matter how many times I asked, she repeated the same words- you need to see it.

By the time we got to town, I was already thinking up the worst case scenarios. Christine was the first person out of the carriage and I watched as Juan went after her whispering words in her ears until her shoulders slacked and she was relatively calmer. He held her shoulders and guided her through deep breaths. I didn’t realize I was smiling and staring at them until I felt Ryker’s presence behind me.

“It is rude to stare,” he reminded me and I rolled my eyes playfully. “He is a good man, to her at least.”

“She deserves it,” I said simply before turning to face him. “When does Riley return?”

He thought about it for a second before shrugging. “I honestly do not know. I haven’t gotten a letter from her in two weeks. I know that she is fine, she just wants to take some more time away I guess. Don’t worry about my sister, she is stronger than any of us realize.”

A throat cleared in front of us and I looked forward to see Christine standing there. She looked a lot calmer than she did before with her shoulders squared and her spine straightened. Sometimes I wondered how she managed to do that so easily, she was always so put together and compartmentalized. She could be sobbing one second and the next, she is the perfect imagine of a princess. It used to scare me and a small part of me was jealous knowing I would never be as good as her at that.

“You should brace yourselves,” she warned before leading us towards what looked like a farm. I could smell the animals and the dung and it took everything for me to not cover my nose. We walked past what seemed to be a pig sty and I almost threw up. I seemed to be the only person that was bothered by the scents.

As we got closer, I felt my powers begin to buzz under my skin. I was not wearing my gloves so I quickly intertwined my fingers with Ryker’s. His eyes shot to mine

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to talk about it. A part of me hoped that if I ignored it then it would go away but it only seemed to get worse. I felt the buzz closer to the surface of my skin, as if it was crawling to get out. It pushed against every boundary and border I had

suddenly came to a stop and I blinked in confusion when I saw a farm land or what should have been a farm land. All the crops were dead. I wasn’t sure how possible it was for all the crops in a single field to be dead at the same time but that was what I was looking at. The buzzing under my skin had intensified

are we looking at a field?” Juan asked voicing everyone’s thoughts. “If his crops died then maybe he should try a new fertilizer or some dung. I smelled some on the

but he came

Ryker cut in. “Crops don’t just die overnight. They must have been dying for a while and he either didn’t notice or didn’t care.

I cut him off and everyone turned to me.” “Something

mean?” Ryker asked but I paid no heed to him. I took a step closer and touched the pad of my finger to a single leaf. The immediate lurch

back on my feet. Ryker wouldn’t release me though and I could see the fear and worry in his eyes. There was also

why the moment I touched it, my power

leaf and in front of our eyes,

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the crops with magic? That sounds like a waste of time,” Christine mumbled as she crossed her arms over her chest. “Do they plan to starve

didn’t want to voice the rest of my thoughts but when I glanced over at Ryker, I could see that he was thinking the very same thing. The other two were confused and I decided it wasn’t their battle. “We should return. Offer the farmer our condolences and tell him that we will look into it. Make him believe that it was

“Are you sure? What

this will not be the only attack. If he believes it is a parasite then it makes it easier to convince the

she asked but

mentioning, we will be waiting for

themselves in confusion. Once we were alone, he finally turned

It didn’t feel like my

on.”

this, Camilla. I can find a witch or something, anything that can help

aren’t something that people are accustomed to. We can ask Loris to help but I doubt there is much he