The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

RYKER'S POV

“Remind me again what we are doing here?” Juan drawled from behind me.

If I didn’t need someone's company so badly, I wouldn't have asked him to come with but out of everyone I knew, he was the only one who didn’t ask too many questions and was willing to go at anything blindly.

I turned to him and he was sitting with his feet propped up on the table. It should have annoyed me that he was touching his feet onto books that were probably thousands of years old but I couldn't bring myself to care much. He was helping me out and it wasn't my place to implement too strict rules.

“Have you seen anything?" I asked and he just shrugged. I didn't need any form o clarification, I let out an exhausted sigh and took the seat next to him. “I honestly thought I would find something here. This is arguably the largest and oldest library in the world.”

Juan just shrugged and placed the book in his hands on the table. At least he dropped it gently and not tossed it like I had expected. We stared at each other for a full minute before I sighed and grabbed another book from the premade pile.

We had planned this thing last night. I knew I needed some time alone to investigate so I had called Juan and he went into the private library to check out some titles. He arranged them in a neat pile and after we had told the women that we were going out, we snuck in through the back and spent our time here. I was very much aware that I could have told Camilla exactly what I was doing but I didn’t want to worry her more than she already was.

There was already so much going on with Audrey and with this new development and what was worse was that I could feel it. I could feel the change coming day by day. I wasn't sure how to explain it but I felt more in tune with the life force of everyone around me. I could sense their auras and I could tell when something was wrong. If this was half of how Camilla felt when she had her powers then I couldn't understand why she didn’t run mad because it felt like I was going to,

“Remind me again what exactly we are looking for," Juan's question snapped me out of my thoughts. “I think magic is too broad of a topic."

“It isn't just magic,” I felt almost annoyed by the analogy. “It is death magic, Juan, dark magic. This isn't just your run of the mill party trick. The goddess said I could be lost forever if I didn’t pass the test. I want to know what the test is.”

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definition of good and I couldn't trust that I was going to meet up to it. I needed to know exactly what I was dealing with so that I could avoid it. it was the least that my family deserved. It was almost laughable how Camilla

was too good for it and that was why she had

like that look,” Juan frowned making me turn to

are in the wrong place,” I said simply as I stood to my feet. “We need to get our answers from Reina herself. She chose this, she knew this was going to happen and

are you

to go back to where

at me unblinking for a second and then two before finally letting out an exhausted sigh and pulling himself to his feet. “It isn't as if I can let you go on

“Now.”

of the palace the very same way that we snuck in. it wasn't hard to leave without anyone seeing us and although I wanted to check on Camilla, I stopped myself from doing so. The ride to Reina’s death spot was short and

of the doll that made them stop all those times and now that I had taken it away, there was nothing for them to fear. I dismounted leaving Juan to follow behind me only because I didn’t want him to ask what I had planned. I was winging the entire f*****g thing

but there was an edge to

I admitted. “There has to be

we didn't see anything else the last time we came. What exactly do you think we might be looking for?” I couldn't respond because the truth was, I didn’t know. I just knew as well as I knew my own name that there was something here that I was

you to trust me on this, please,” I whispered and although he sighed, he nodded. He didn't ask any

knew that if she could see me now, she would have been having a field day. Everything in me wanted to just give up and call it over but I couldn't go back home

and he leaned against a tree. “I want to help, Ryker, but I need to know what the hell is going on in your mind

the situation, I couldn't help but smile. There was just something remotely amusing about the possibility of being a mind reader. At least I would

and even though I could see the skepticism on Juan's face, he didn't protest. He stood

looked almost like a wisp of a shadow. It could have been anything but I found myself drawn to it. I looked over wondering if I had imagined it when I saw it again in the air. It was going down a path and before I knew what I was doing, I was going that way too. I heard Juan call out to me but I couldn't be bothered to respond to him. It felt like if I even took