The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

CAMILLA'S POV

There was silence for two minutes before Christine spoke. “I don't like this feeling.”

“What feeling?” I had an idea what she was talking about but I wasn't going to put words in her mouth.

She had always had an issue with expressing herself. It was easier for her to use logic, I think it was one of the reasons she got along with Ryker so well, they were two very logical individuals but this was something that even logic couldn't fix and she couldn't understand it. She was getting mated today and it was as emotion as it got. For someone like her who didn’t put much stock on emotions, I could only imagine how different it was for her to wake up to the myriad of emotions in her chest.

“My chest,” she touched her hand to her skin as if it would explain it. “It feels weird, I don’t like how it feels. It's tight I can't breathe.”

“Christine, I'm sure you can put into words how you're feeling or would you prefer if I broke down emotions to you the way I would with Audrey?”

She rolled her eyes and flipped me off. “You know what I mean.”

“I do, but you have to say it out loud or I will continue to pretend like I don’t. You woke me up at an ungodly hour of the morning so you better believe that we are going to have this conversation whether you want to or not”

She made a show of exhaling loudly before lying back in bed. I honestly thought she was going to ask me to forget about the entire conversation and try to leave but instead, she spoke with a voice softer than a feather.

“l can't pinpoint exactly how I feel. I feel too much and I don't like that. It's easy to deal with one thing. maybe two but this is a lot more than that. To avoid an incomplete reading experience, visit Jobn'i’'b.com.It feels like an entire box of emotions just exploded in my chest.”

“Do you want to go ahead with this?” I asked and she didn’t hesitate before nodding.

“Of course, this is all I've ever wanted. Why would you even ask me that?’

the answer to whatever question brought you here,” I dragged myself out of bed. “You want this, so you don’t have to worry about anything else. It is normal to feel

looked horrified by the mere

yourself to take your mind off things. The ceremony isn’t until the evening so relax and take things

like the sound

while you are going to go back to your bed and you are going to fall asleep,” she started to protest but I held out a hand to stop her. “That was not a request, it was an order as your cousin and as

the end of the day, she dragged her feet out

and that was proving to be just as difficult as if the ceremony was large. I didn’t mind the stress, it was going to be

come to check on it outside once you start

didn’t speak, she just stood there fiddling with her fingers. I realized she wasn’t going to speak first so I

my voice but it was not very easy. Our last conversation had ended poorly and it wasn’t something that one easily forget. “There is a chair if you want to-" “No,” she cut me off. “Why didn’t you tell Ryker about our conversation? He came to

of here. I told you before and I will tell you again; the idea that everyone is against you is insane. No one is trying to

want me at the

you as long as you don’t make a ruckus. She just needs some peace and stability in

be better for us if we left after this. Anytime we

“Riley, no one is-"

off. “This is my choice. Besides, I have a pack to run with Damien and we have left them unattended for too long. I need to go back. I just wanted you to know

for telling

there was still so more that she wanted to say

Christine had her way, she would be in riding gear.” She snorted a that. “Now that would be a sight to

behind the palace. There were flowers thrown all around the pathway Christine was to walk and there were six little chairs for us. It was the definition of simple and I knew Christine was going to love it. Tiny unlit candles surrounded the

from ear to ear as I walked through the walls of the palace and I was so happy that I didn’t notice Ryker walking up to me until