The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

CAMILLA'S POV

I sat up in bed watching my mate sleep. My fingers gently stroked his hair out of his face and I was both amazed and relieved that he didn't wake up. Last night, he explained everything to me and my first instinct was to panic but I knew that he needed me for this and the last thing either of us needed was for me to lose my shit. It was one thing to know that Reina wanted to give him the powers, it was a completely different thing to know that the powers chose him. He showed me the books and I promised to wait for him so we could start looking through them together. At first, he didn’t want me to help but I was quick to remind him about all the hours he spent combing my father's journals with me. I was not going to leave him in his time of need, especially not when he had done the very opposite for me.

“How long have you been awake?” Ryker's husky, sleep laden voice asked and I couldn't stop myself from smiling. “How early is it?"

“Well, for starters, I think you've missed your morning run because the sun is up,” I said simply and he groaned but didn't make any efforts to stand up. He rolled over onto his back and took my hand with him so he could place a kiss on the back of my palm. “How do you feel?"

“Like shit,” he didn't even hesitate before responding. “Please tell me that we don't have a busy day."

I thought about it before shaking my head. “I don't know if I should be concerned or not but we don’t. I haven't heard a single complain from inside the town. I wonder if the elders are fixing it all on their own."

“I wouldn't be surprised if they were," he shrugged as he sat up straight.

He looked considerably better than he did last night. He looked well rested and although I could still sense the edge in his movements, it wasn't as bad as it was last night. He caught me staring and I tried to look away quickly but it was too late. He placed his hands on either side of my face and placed a soft kiss on my forehead. He smelled like him, it was perfect.

“'m okay, Camilla, you don’t have to worry about me,” he whispered against my skin. “We have a good day ahead of us and I want to get a head start on the books. Most of them are spell books. I am hoping it would tell me something I need to know."

“I know,” I wasn't sure if I was lying to him or to myself. “We can go through it together and we will find something, I just know it."

books. I didn’t have to sit with him while reading, but it was easier to keep a secret when it was just the two of us. Juan knew but Ryker was adamant that he didn’t want too many people involved in this.

it alive. That was the determination in my heart. It was the only thing that kept me reading page after page of magic spells with Reina’s writing scribbled into the sides. She made adjustments to the spells. Adjustments meant to make the effects longer and deadlier. Many sentences in this chapter have been removed because you are not reading them on FindNovel.net It was while reading that I realized that Reina truly was a dangerous enemy and we simply hadn't realized it because

how I didn’t think of it before. The book in my

Ryker repeated before turning to me. “What does this

my powers as a branch, the tree trunk of my powers is elemental magic. It is a type of magic typically associated with light magic but there

really,” he mumbled and I sighed thinking of how best to explain

magic and I think instead of trying to figure out what it is, we should figure out what it is not," I explained. “Lois told me that there are two main types of dark magic, we have blood magic and black magic. I think it is very clear that this isn't blood magic or she would have needed to use your blood to

this is black magic,”

right? Then I think that at its core, this is shadow magic. There are books on it in the private library but at its core, it is meant to manipulate the darkness and the unseen.” I could see that he was starting to understand exactly

theory but I think instead of trying to figure out what exactly we are dealing with, we can

She could raise the dead, that is

her test. She failed it and it turned the magic inherently dark. If she could do all those things on her own, she wouldn't have needed

how right I was but somewhere in the depths of my heart, I knew that I as saying the right thing. It was the only thing that made sense at this moment. We were

by the kiss and it took me a few seconds to realize what was going on. By the time he pulled back, my cheeks were flushed and I

are brilliant,” he whispered against my lips. “Do you know where I can

library. I can show you if you'd like,” I offered and he nodded. I started