Chapter 196

CAMILLA’S P.O.V

I took a step back and eyed the stranger with a wary look. “I’m sorry but who are you? Why have you been looking for me?”

She opened her mouth to speak but at the last minute, she decided against it and cleared her throat. Marie was clutching my arm and I wasn’t sure if it was for my sake or hers. The stranger looked familiar but that was all, I couldn’t put a name to her face and I couldn’t tell if I had actually met her before.

“My name is Christine and I am a representative of the royal family. You have to come with me,” she announced and my spine straightened. I turned to Marie in a panic and she pulled me closer to her.

“Why do you want to see her?” Marie asked, her voice shaky but fierce. “You cannot just come in here and demand to see her for no reason.”

Christine raised a brow and I saw a small smirk grow on her lips. I could have sworn I saw something sad in her expression but I blinked and suddenly it was gone. “I could have you taken by force or you can come with me free of charge. Either way, you will come to me, how it happens is your choice.”

Marie pursed her lips and I knew she was going to defend me again so I gently released my hand from her grip and turned to her with a small smile. “I’ll be fine, I promise.”

“You can’t just go!” she exclaimed but I didn’t want to make more of a scene. We already had the entire market staring at us and I didn’t want to make matters worse. She pulled me down so she could whisper. “What if your mate is the one who sent them? What if they are here to take you back to him?”

“Then I’ll go back,” I responded simply. “You don’t want to be a part of this, you should go

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home.” I handed her my basket and turned to Christine. “Lead the way.”

She seemed surprised that I agreed to go with her. I was led towards the horses and I was stunned when one of the guards dismounted his horse for me. I blinked at them. wondering if it were some kind of mistake. Guards didn’t just dismount for random people but neither of them blinked and I just assumed it was some kind of courtesy.

I struggled to get on but by the time I was seated, the rest came almost naturally. I

to shrink away but I hadn’t done anything

wrong way.

at their residence and I was stunned. It was one of the larger inns in the town and from what I could see, they were the only ones who stayed there. I could see the maids and the footmen watching

sure how long I sat there alone but it felt like hours before Christine joined me. Up close, she was slightly intimidating but there was also something fragile about her. I looked her

I asked and she cocked her head to the side so I gestured to the tie. “It seems

She’s my niece,” she explained and my eyes widened

must be close to your sister. Where is

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admitted finally before gesturing for me to take a seat. I hesitated before doing so. “What’s your name?”

way to look for me but I am not going back to him. I

a minute, Tyson?” she asked and I nodded. “Tyson has been dead for almost two years now. You should

been. He was the entire reason I had stayed put. He was the one thing that I feared. To hear that he

do you mean by I should know that?” I asked. “Was I there when

do you mean by were you-” she cut herself off mid sentence and cursed. “This is why you didn’t come home. You don’t remember anything.”

but she was saved from responding when a guard burst through the

my mind and I was learning too much too quickly. My head was starting to hurt and I just needed a second to myself so that I could breathe. While I was still trying to calm my raging pulse, two more people burst through

cannot take Camilla!” Peggy exclaimed with her arms crossed over her chest. “She has done nothing wrong. She has been

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she did-”

lying for me. I was a stranger and yet they were going through such extents for me. The corners of my eyes welled up with tears and I tried to discreetly wipe them away.

take a

want to hurt Camilla. I came

home.”

would you even do that?” Marie sounded disgusted as she spoke. “You are part of the royal family and you

shut

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