The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 180

CAMILLA’S P.O.V

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Riley left the next morning. Ryker had tried his best to speak to her and explain that it wasn’t about her but the situation, she wasn’t even willing to listen. She was furious and while I couldn’t blame her, I did the right thing for everyone’s safety and I wasn’t going to regret it. Despite her being pissed at me, I still stood by the entrance of the palace to see her off. She pointedly ignored me in favor of the girls and Ryker and I kept my face stoic so as not to show her hoe much it hurt.

When she departed, Audrey slowly walked over to me and tugged my arm. “Aunt Riley is very mad at you. Did you try telling her sorry? Sometimes sorry makes people feel better.”

I smiled down at my innocent daughter. “Yes, baby, I did, but sometimes sorry doesn’t fix things because your feelings are hurt. Sometimes some people just need some time to get used to it.”

Her brows furrowed. “But daddy said that if you say sorry, it makes everything better.”

How I wished she was right. The world would be such a better place if you could just say sorry and be done with things. Regardless, that wasn’t how things worked. I gave her a small smile and led her back into the palace. I could see the wheels in her head turning as she tried to figure out how and why the world wasn’t a picture perfect place.

A part of me was happy that despite everything that happened, I was still able to keep her in that fairytale world that every child lived in. I was happy that it hadn’t been tainted for her and that she still had a few more years to enjoy herself in. The other part of me was sad, upset that one day, this spell would be broken and that one day, she would be just like us, cynical, cold and unbelieving. I couldn’t help but wonder what it was that changed. What was that thing that made us go from hopeful children to cruel adults? Was it a force of nature or was it our own prejudice?

“Don’t you have school today, Audrey?” I asked cutting her off and she gave me a sheepish smile. I rolled my eyes at her and nudged her towards the stairs. “Come, you’re already late, we barely have five minutes to get you dressed.”

She made a sound between a squeal and a laugh before running up the stairs and leaving me to follow after her. Within ten minutes, she was dressed, her hair was tied in a neat bow at the back of her head

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and she was sent off with the

deeply. It was

Once she was gone, I

for them but I needed to. At least now that she was

could focus on the other things like

I stayed up almost the entire night waiting to hear that she had done

as I was but he managed to hide it better. By the morning, I half expected a

and a bit

were furrowed in concern a she took me in. She was standing in the middle of my office and I didn’t even know when she had walked in. “Are you alright? You look a little lost.

the problem,” I ran my hands through my hair. “I cannot be the only one who thinks it is

the weapon that can kill her. She could

in Ryker’s possession. I didn’t trust myself to hold it or keep it safe so I asked him to hold onto it. I didn’t know where he kept it and for good reason to, I couldn’t trust myself not to let it slip if I

did, she would have demanded that we give it to her, don’t

seer after all, she might know what’s going on,” I snorted. “Come on, Camilla, she

that the goddess doesn’t want her to and I think it is a bullshit excuse. She isn’t of

“I know this is exhausting for you but what if she actually cannot

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are dying, those are

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palace. “Maybe just enjoy the silence, Camilla. We don’t know how long

to leave but when she got to the door, she paused. “By the way, Ryker asked me to tell you that he got called away urgently to one of the towns. It

not be back until lato

asks that you stay in. You don’t need

some work done.

help

was already rising slowly to meet him there but at those last words, I flopped back into my chair. She gave me a warm smile before walking out of the

ever happened but there were times when he was busy

where I was going,” he began but I waved him off. “I was actually coming to find you. The Prince asked me to send for you. He said he might be a while and he could use your

thinking of the worst case scenarios before now. “We can take

she had pulled at it one too many times and there were bags under her eyes from lack of sleep. She