The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

RYKER'S POV

He wasn't bluffing, that was the first thing I knew. The second was that it couldn't possibly be this easy. It sounded like an absurd thing to say considering the fact that we were to save both people but it still seemed too easy. There was something else he wasn't saying and until we knew exactly what it was, we couldn't make an informed decision.

I pulled Camila by her upper arm away from everyone else so that we could talk. “There's something he isn't saying”

“I know,” she mumbled under her breath in agreement. “It doesn’t make sense why anyone would just allow the girls walk out of here with complete strangers,” she paused before adding. “Unless they didn't walk out with complete strangers.”

“The only people who could get away with leaving with our kids are Christine and Juan and you know as well as I do that they would never put the girls in danger, not even at their own detriment. Something else is going on here.”

I turned to face Ansel who was still kneeling innocently and without a care in the world. There was something else at play and I felt like I had an idea but I couldn't be sure. I made my way over to him and sat in front of him with my hands crossed over my chest. He had a sly smirk on his face that only seemed to infuriate me but I kept a tight lid on my emotions.

“Who is with the girls?" I asked and he shrugged. “I know it isn’t Christine, it cannot be her or her mate. Why don’t you tell me what is really going on here?”

He just shrugged. “I have said what I am willing to say. It is your job now to figure out the rest. You can spend time torturing me or you can go and find out yourself”

I stared at him for a second but he was right, every second I spent here, they were out there. I held out my hand and he knew exactly what I wanted. He reached into his pockets and pulled out two scrolls of paper. As soon as I had taken them, I grabbed him by the collar of his. shirt.Many sentences in this chapter have been removed because you are not reading them on ) 0 b nib.c(o)m.If either of them gets hurt, I will make sure your death is cruel and painful. You will plead for the sweet mercy that would be dying and you will not get it, am I clear?”

For the first time, I saw something akin to fear flash across his face and as much as I hated to admit it, it felt good to see. I pulled open both maps and analyzed them. They led to different paths of the forest, there was no way that we could get to both of them in time. I couldnt condemn either of them to death.

“Go after her sister," I said to Camilla whose brows scrunched in confusion. “Just do it and trust me,’ I stepped closer and dropped my voice to a whisper. “If anything goes badly, use your powers, kill them all. Do you understand me?”

“Where will

in actual danger. He knows what the consequences of that would be and

that Camilla still wasn't convinced. “I don't

your presence,” I could have tried easing her worries but

I did what I needed to

a small shed in the middle of the woods. It was so tiny and

I had told Camilla to go with guards because if she

right and when I turned, I saw a rogue hidden between

I said simply. “This is palace property and you

gave off a warning growl which only seemed to make him laugh. “Don’t worry, I won't hurt them yet. I have strict

employer is dead,” I kept my tone monotonous and cold. “You aren't getting paid. If you leave now,

so many of us. How

even deal with three, but more than five was a far stretch. I would do some damage but ultimately I was going to lose and they knew it. as they drew closer, I felt something stir inside of me- something dark and old and powerful. It almost seemed to purr at the thought of danger. I didn't need to

audibly in my head. “I

going to risk tasting death with shadow magic, it already seemed like a recipe for disaster. “Hurt them, knock

under my skin. It was

relished in that knowledge. I saw shadows gather at my fingertips and the rogues had the sense to halt in their steps. They watched

is that?” the leader asked and all

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