The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 181

RYKER’S P.O.V

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Camilla was working when the call came in for us to meet at the border. I could have asked her to go

with me but I figured she could use the rest and went on my own. A part of me had hoped it would just be a simple problem that could be resolved within seconds but I had never been more wrong. For starters, I couldn’t explain what the actual hell was happening. The guards in charge of patrol has gone missing after going to investigate a strange sound and we found them in a completely different part of the woods confused and without any prior knowledge of how they got there or what they were doing.

As if that wasn’t enough, I heard the same sound they did. It was a scream, a child’s scream, small, high pitched and full of fear. I followed it as best as I could with guards by my side but it was almost like the closer we got, the further it actually was. It took me less than an hour to realize that it was probably a trick from Reina but why would she waste her time trying to scare the guards? It made no sense except she just wanted to instill fear and that meant she had to be close by so we set out looking for her.

The less people who went with me, the better, I took only five people who I thought would cause less trouble for me and we set out trying to find Reina. At first, it seemed like we were just going around in circles because we kept trying to follow the sound of the screams. We followed it for about half an hour before I realized that we were wasting our time.

“Why don’t you try the opposite, your majesty?” one of the guards asked after we had just come out of a cave with nothing to show forth. “It seems the more we get close, the further we actually are. What if it is a trick and we are meant to go in the opposite direction?”

As soon as he was done speaking, he looked away as if scared of offending me. I thought about his *suggestion and it didn’t make sense to the average person but I had come to find out that it was mostly

the things that didn’t make sense that always worked out in the end.

“I think it is worth trying,” I said finally. “Would you like to lead?”

He smiled like he had won the lottery and nodded eagerly. The others whispered underneath their breaths, shocked that I had agreed in the first place and even more shocked that I allowed him to lead,

It was an honor to be in charge of a search and I had given it to him without as much as a fight.

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I was exhausted already and couldn’t

wait to be done with all things Reina. She was a thorn in my side

at best and the bane of my existence on

a bad day. I tried not to think about all the things I could have been doing with Camilla at the moment, instead I was in the middle of the woods with a bunch of strangers because Reina decided that she wanted to play a game of hide and seek.

It didn’t matter how many times I tried to coax it down, it didn’t budge. I assumed she was busy and resigned myself to try again later when I heard an exclamation from the man in charge.

the other guards said, a hint of jealousy audible in

forest. You led us on a

turned to him. “Repeat those words, will you?”

widened. He was probably expecting me to agree with him but the thing was, I was already in a

my last nerves. I had agreed to this and in his fit of

soldiers said to themselves

that he had

he swallowed. “Your majesty, I was just saying that we

to lead us.”

say that, did you not?” his answering nod was punctuated by a loud gulp.

There was an audible intake of breath as everyone ‘waited to see what he would do or say in response. He opened his

he asked.

I could tell he was not pleased with me at all but he bowed and walked away. I watched him leave before turning to the others.

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Chapter 181

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and almost rotten. A part of me wondered if truly we had been on a wild goose chase or if we were going to find something. I prayed for the latter, I prayed for something tangible to leave with

filter of light from some cracked walls as guidance. I was about to give up

over my ears to protect myself

screams, it sounded more like a

it

I instructed and to their credit,

cave we got, the louder it got until it got to the point where I felt

rip my own ears out at a

got to the middle of the cave and then I saw it, or

of the cave and it vibrated with each scream. My only weapon on hand was a small dagger so I was going to have to get

relieved at my order. I swallowed deeply before making my

ironic that something this small was doing so

the shrub clean down the middle. Almost immediately, the screaming stopped and

collapsed to the ground in relief but I had

of the others.

behind me. “My ear drums are