The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 189

CAMILLA’S P.O.V

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After I had told Marie and Peggy everything that happened with Tyson, they were very sympathetic- well Peggy was. She offered me the option to stay with them for as long as I needed and Marie didn’t protest once. I didn’t want to but the truth was, I couldn’t get far on my own. I was still healing and I had no idea where I was going. Everything seemed fuzzy to me. All I remembered was running, I couldn’t remember the lake or how I fell.i didn’t even know whre exactly I was, but I was safe and that was all that mattered to me in that moment.

After about a week of staying with them, Marie walked into my room early in the morning. She had her hands crossed over her chest and for a second, I thought she was going to ask me to leave the house but she just stared at me for a full minute before speaking. “If you’re going to stay here there have to be some ground rules.”

I sat up immediately knowing that was as much of an acceptance statement I would get from her. She proceeded to explain how she lived with her mother on the outskirts of a neutral land and they work in the town. She explained that I would have to help them if I wanted to stay. I honestly didn’t mind because I had spent so long working as an omega, it felt like a good change to be doing something not because I was being forced to.

The longer we spent together, the more I realized that Marie wasn’t completely a bad person. She was just very tough and protective of her mother. She never spoke about her dad but it wasn’t farfetched to say that he was not in the picture. She was tough as nails and very snarky. On my first few days of working with them in the bakery, I was terrified of everyone who walked in. She snapped at me a few times but I knew she wasn’t trying to be malicious. She just preferred to give tough love.

She wasn’t outrightly trying to kick me out of her house and I did hear her defend me to a few customers sol knew she didn’t hate me. We barely spoke to each other outside of when necessary but we were almost always around. It was a good schedule that worked for the both of us in the month I had been here and she taught me a lot of things just by watching her. I never imagined I could be anything but an omega but she taught me otherwise.

She grabbed me one day at the store and took me to the back after I had cowered when a man had yelled at me. “I don’t give a shit what happened in your old pack so I want you to listen to me very carefully, okay?”

“I’m sorry, I messed up her order and-”

“Will you f**king stop apologizing?” she hissed. “You’re not an omega here. Everyone here is equal. You have to f**king stand up for yourself or you cannot stay here. Everyone is going to try to take advantage of you if you don’t grow some f**king balls.”

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of it. Marie never said anything about the new development, but I saw her smile a bit one afternoon

thoughts and I turned to her. “Is there a reason you are standing in the back and doing nothing? I need you

had more to do with the fact that everyone knew Peggy. She was that kind old woman that everyone grew up with. She always went out of her way to help people and make them feel welcome. In my short time living with them, I had noticed that she never passed by an opportunity to

from the shop and Peggy was waiting for me in the rocking chair outside the house, a small basket settled on her laps. The plan was to take it and run back but Peggy wouldn’t let go. She tapped the seat next to

okay?” I asked her and she nodded. “You don’t look okay. Do you want

“I just wanted a

have in a very long time. Sometimes though, I worry that he will find

tell me his name then maybe I can help you look out for him. I

know him like I do, he will hurt you and you have been nothing but kind to me. I appreciate the concern but I

can doesn’t mean you have to,” she whispered softly placing her warm hand over mine. “Allow us help you, even Marie is worried about you despite the fact that she refuses to show it. She

enough.” I took the small basket from her hands and she let me. “I’ll be back at

she also didn’t push more on it. She just

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could risk putting them in danger. Peggy liked to see the best in everyone and I wouldn’t put it past her to go looking for Tyson

out an exasperated sigh. “It took you long enough. What the hell have you been doing all this time? Can you stay here and ensure everyone gets what they

the back. I swallowed deeply before making my way over to the counter to take care of everyone. It was difficult to say the least and I had no idea how Marie was able to do it on her own. There were screaming customers, impatient

too because Marie returned from the back. I could only guess that the cookies were baking. She helped me

you don’t like me much but can we at least try to be friends? We

you and you should be less worried about what I think and more concerned about

like you hate me,” I shot back and she sighed deeply. “I just want to

moment. “You can be civil by attending to the next customer