The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

CAMILLA'S POV

When Ryker rushed out of the office, I had blindly followed him. I wasn’t sure what he had seen to make him react like that but I knew it had to be important. When I heard those words leave Riley's lips, it felt like my entire world had closed down on me. I couldn't speak, couldn't think, couldnt even breathe as the knowledge that one of those dolls belonged to my daughter.

“Are you sure she didn't cut herself on anything?” Ryker asked after seeing my face and Riley nodded.

“She was lying next to me on the floor. There was nothing sharp next to her, I can swear it by the goddess. I don't know what happened.”

“I think we do,” Riley looked confused but I knew Ryker wasn't going to explain anything to her. “Thank you, where is she now?”

“In her room.”

I didn’t wait to hear anything else before I started walking in that direction. I heard Ryker’s footsteps behind me and I should have waited so we could walk together but I didn’t. I knew if he caught up to me he was going to shove som bullshit about it not being my fault down my throat until I took it but I didn’t want to hear it. It was my stupid idea and I had never imagined that my daughter could be a potential victim. It had only been the four of us in my mind and that was my problem.

I was being too narrow minded about the entire thing. How she managed to gain access to Audrey long enough to do that was beyond me but then again, we didn’t really keep her away. We had our attention fixed on Marie, she could have done anything and we would have been non the wiser.

“Camilla,” Ryker's hand wrapped around mine like a vice just as my fingers hit the doorknob. “You need to calm down. She isn't hurt, she is fine.”

I raised a brow. “I am very sure that a cut on her arm does constitute as hurt.”

“You know what I meant,” he rolled his eyes. “We needed to know and now we do. There is no possible way we could have found out if we hadn't done this. Would you rather not know that she was the one?”

“I would have rather not hurt her”

“I know, I would have rather we didn’t either but you beating yourself up about it is not going to change what has happened. Right now, we need to make sure that it is her and figure out who the other person was.”

was right. I ran my hands down my face in frustration

Riley was with both girls. If it was Aurora, she would have told us. All we need now is to focus on Audrey and then figure

Audrey didn't seem phased at all. She was in her pink princess dress and she was doing a pretend tea party with Damien an Aurora. The bandage wrapped around her arm was prominent and caught my eye but it didn’t seem to bother her. When she saw us, she smiled wide. “Join us for our tea party!” she exclaimed and without giving us a chance to refuse, she grabbed us by our arms and pulled us in. “There's space for

if I wanted to. I sat cross legged on the ground and watched as she mimed pouring te:

doesn’t hurt anymore. Uncle Damien said I was a strong girl

he shot back

a little,” she held up her index finger and thumb very close together. “I stopped crying very fast, mummy. Are you proud

you are a strong girl. Now, why don’t you serve me some

dinner before she all but passed out at the dinner table. All eyes were on her bandage the entire time but

met us in the hallway. “She had one of

know,” I explained. “It wasn’t Aurora and it wasn't either of us. Who

if it is one of the maids or

of them. How are we going to find out which one? Besides, most of them are

nothing we could do at that point. I wasn’t going to risk using one of the dolls again and picking the wrong

them,” I said simply. “Keep them somewhere that Reina will never find them. She had those dolls for a reason and we need to make sure that she doesn’t succeed

isn't stupid, she knows those dolls are missing. What if she has others?” “Wouldn't we know if we were being controlled?” I asked but no one spoke. Neither of us knew the answer to that question. “So what do we

wouldn't control you because she wants you. She would d it to the people

we just forget

likely die with her. We just need to

have a choice?” I asked and she shook her

went to retrieve them and I was left wondering where the hell I could possibly hide them. After a long few minutes of deliberation, I made my way over to the private library. Very few people knew about it and very few woulc actually look in it. I hid it in one of the furthest

bedroom, I stilled. I hadn't gone in there in a while and although didn’t

“I apologize for scaring you. I should be

“Why is that?”