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

school. Once she was gone, I let the smile

them but I needed to. At least now that she

could focus on the other things like

the entire night waiting to hear that she had

was just as anxious as I was but he managed to hide it better. By the morning, I half expected a guard to tell me that someone had died or something but it was quiet, almost too quiet and I wasn’t sure if I was overreacting but

a bit scared.

Christine. Her brows 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

only one who thinks it is weird that she has not said a thing or done anything

can kill her. She could be bidding her

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

I mumbled crossing my arms over my chest. “I don’t think she even knows about it. If she did, she would have demanded that we give

asking Lyla? She is a seer after all, she might know what’s going on,” I snorted. “Come on, Camilla, she could be of help.”

saying that the goddess doesn’t want her to

know this is exhausting for you but what if she actually cannot tell you. We don’t

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thing was weighing down on every single person in the palace. “Maybe just enjoy the silence, Camilla. We don’t know how long it is going to last and goddess knows we could use some silence in

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

you stay in. You don’t need to go

done. He might

to help

was on my mind. I 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

a few times but his wall was up. It rarely ever happened but there were times when he was busy and didn’t want any interruptions. I was so lost in my thoughts about him that I didn’t realize where I was going and bumped into someone rounding a corner. I realized it was Kevin when he began

I was going,” he began but I waved him off. “I was actually coming to find you. The Prince asked me to send for

already thinking of the worst case scenarios

He was prepping the horses when someone walked in through the stable doors. It was Lyla and she looked a mess. Her hair was messy as if she had pulled at it one too many times and there were bags under her eyes from lack of sleep. She looked