The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

CAMILLA'S POV

I ran my hands down my face trying to wash away the images that were now permanently etched into my brain. Seeing Christine like that was not on my bucket list of things to do and I couldn't help but wonder if some how I had made everything worse by storming into the room when she was with her mate. I waited a full five minutes before the door opened and Juan stepped out.

I didn’t want to meet his gaze for fear that there would be some kind of anger or betrayal in them but then he placec his hand on my shoulder in a warm and comfortin manner and I couldnt stop myself from looking up. His eyes didn’ hold any of those emotions, he just gave me a warm smile.

“She is waiting inside,” he said softly and I made to move but he held me in place. “She can be a bit unreasonable and I don’t know why you chose to do this but I believe it was for a good reason. She will come to understand it, sooner or later.”

I didn't know how much I needed to hear those words until he had said them. I blinked back the moisture that had gathered in my eyes and with one last comforting smile, I watched him start to walk away when I changed my mind and called out to him.

“This will seem like an absurd statement but can you stay?” I asked and his brows furrowed. “Not inside, I just want to know if you can stay close by to make sure that no one is eavesdropping or listening in”

His brows furrowed. “Does someone always listen in on your conversations?”

“I don't know, sometimes I think so and I don’t want anyone to overhear this. I know it sounds stupid but you have t trust me on this. I also don’t want anyone knowing that Christine and I are speaking. It might prove to be-"

He waved me off. “I'll be here, don’t worry and no one will know.”

I silently thanked him before finally making my way into the room. Christine was seated on the bed but this time she was dressed in one of her night gowns. Her hands were crossed over her chest and her face was carefully blank and devoid of all emotion. I hated it because it meant I had to guess how she felt, I had to guess how hurt or not she was “Christine-" I began but she held up a hand to stop me.

“Let me get this straight, you have been lying to all of us the entire time,” I wanted to refute her words but it was the truth and I wasn't going to put Ryker in trouble by saying I had told him earlier. “So this is why Ryker asked me to look into them. I thought he was just being worried but in truth, you had lied to us and he knew about it

“He didn’t, I only told him a few days ago. It hasn't even been up to a week since I did, I swear,” I wasn’t sure if she believed me especially considering she just turned away from me. “I wanted to tell you, I hated hiding it from you but-"

at you again. I have mourned your loss every single day since you walked into this palace wondering if I would ever get you

is up with

snorted. “Even I could

“No, you don’t understand.”

was my best friend, she was my sister and I couldn't do this without her. It was one of the reasons I wanted to keep her safe, I didn’t want to include her in whatever mess was forming. I didn’t mince any words and explained as best as I could. By the time I was

stupid excuse, Ryker told me as much when I told him but I truly do believe that something is wrong and I need to get to the bottom of it before I start making

a sigh of relief but she stood to her feet and came to stand directly in front of me. “But as your sister, I am pissed off as hell that you wouldn't talk to me about this. I

took a slow step back and glanced at the door but I shook my head. “It is like you said, you are my sister and I noticed. I knew you wanted to tell me and that was more of

belly softly and then glancing at me after as if she wanted to say something to me. I noticed that she was more tired than usual as well and I just put the pieces together but I didn't want to say anything until I had

her hair and sunk back into the bed. “You still should have told me. I can help without being

I know I don’t want you doing the same. I want

to speak but a knock on the door cut her off. She turned to me in confusion but I held a hanc to my lips as Juan started speaking. “Sweetheart, you really need to

is he-" she began

open the door and poke your head out so it doesn’t seem like

door and gave me a discreet nod.

guess you

do you say

she explained. “Apparently she was

I snuck out of the room after Christine had promised to try and get as much information as possible as soon as she could. I should have gone looking for Marie after but I didn’t want to be around her just yet. needed a few minutes to myself to figure out what was going on so I made

her in a front piggy back as I made