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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of their 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 had powers for over five years now and she only had good powers. The moment I got

things by accident, she had known that Camilla was too good for it and

making me turn to him. “What are you thinking

in the wrong place,” I said simply as I stood to my feet. “We need to get our answers from Reina herself. She chose

exactly are you suggesting

go back to

and pulling himself to his feet. “It isn't as if I can let you

“Now.”

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 I barely paid attention on the way because I knew the

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

voice was calm but there was an edge to

don’t know,” I admitted. “There has to be something else

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 meant to

sighed, he nodded. He

for half an hour before I started to get frustrated. Reina had deliberately made this harder than it needed to be and it pissed me the fuck off. She wanted me to suffer, even in her death and I knew

head and he leaned against a tree. “I want to help, Ryker, but I need to know what the

couldn't help but smile. There was just something remotely amusing about the possibility of being a mind reader. At least I would not have needed to work this

back home,” I said simply and even though I could see the skepticism on Juan's face, he didn't protest. He stood to his

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 my eyes off the wisp for one second, it was going to disappear. It was that fast. I could barely keep up with it. It led me to the mouth of