The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 176

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It was like there were two warring parts of me. One side wanted to step back and allow Camilla make her choices, allow her do the thing

she thought to be right which included healing Briggs despite the repercussions it might have on her. The other part of me wanted to protect her from everything and everyone- including herself, especially herself. She didn’t realize it yet but she was her own greatest adversary. She put herself in danger more than any foe we had faced and sometimes it scared me.

As I watched her pushing a part of herself into Briggs, I had to dig my feet into the ground to prevent from going to her. I never thought that after everything, it would end with us back here. Of all the places for the coven to have stood, it just had to be this place. Sometimes I wondered if the goddess had a sick sense of humor or if the late king was just a meddling asshole who set his own child up for failure. Every single thing almost always came back to him. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that.

I had to look away from Camilla and my gaze fell on Lyla. She was staring at the scene in front of her with a mixture of sadness and hope. It was almost as if she was staring through them. I cleared my throat and she turned to me. She tried to hide her expression but it was already too late. I had seen what I needed to. She gave me a small smile in an attempt to pretend but when she saw that I wasn’t buying it, she sighed.

“What are you hiding?” I asked but she shrugged. “This is one of the thin

you saw, isn’t it?” her silence was enough of an answer for me, especially when she looked away. “How does it end, Lyla? Tell me and I will do everything in my power to prevent it.”

“If I tell you, it will happen.”

“It is already happening, I can see it in your eyes. This way, I can prepare for it, I can fix it or at least try to. If you tell me, I will do everything I can. You know I will.”

She shook her head. “I am bound by my oaths to the goddess. If I say it, I will die. I cannot risk my life like that. Besides, the future is filled with many different paths. This is one of the things I saw, yes, but there are still many roads in the future, there are still many alternate endings.”

“How many of them end happy?” I asked and she looked away. “How many end with everyone happy and intact? Tell me, Lyla, I deserve to know. On this path that she has taken, what is the likelihood that we all come out alive?”

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voice was soft, quiet, barely over a whisper that if I wasn’t standing so close to

to Camilla and as soon as I reached

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you hear me?” I asked and she nodded slowly. “I’m going to carry you into the main house, can you stay awake from me until then?” she didn’t respond but I didn’t need her to. I lifted her bridal style and walked out of the room with Lyla following close behind me. There was a maid in front of Briggs’ door and she made to go in when I stopped her. “No one goes in to see him until I

an understatement but she nodded.

where she was going before I rushed towards the main house. Camilla was not speaking at all and I could tell that she was barely awake. I moved on autopilot, the only thoughts going through my mind were about her. By the time I got to the room, she wasn’t bleeding anymore but that didn’t mean

don’t need a half assed answer, I need facts, Lyla. Will she

“She just needs to rest and right now, you are hovering. You aren’t doing her any good like

war in me, I nodded and took a slow step backwards. I placed a soft kiss on her forehead and watched as her eyes finally drooped closed. It was hard to do nothing but it was what I needed to do. She looked miserable and I didn’t want to leave her but I forced my legs to lead me out

my

step

Lyla said and I hummed. “I cannot tell you much

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about that,” I ground out a little more harshly than I would have liked. “If you want to talk to me, then talk about something else. If not, I would much rather

from her pacing the length of the living room. A part of me thought she had actually left until

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fireplace. There was a faraway look in her

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confusion, “This very spot

around trying to see if there were any carvings or markings that could have told her as such but there was

angry and sad, I can almost taste their emotions. If she were to come here, she would run mad or

my head. “Everything looks and feels normal. I have no idea what

things.

the luxury of smelling the

she would be able