The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

RYKER'S POV

I stared at Camilla for a few seconds wondering if I had heard her properly. I could tell that she was embarrassed and felt guilty about the entire situation but what I couldn't tell is if she would have done things differently if she had the chance. She opened her mouth to speak but I held up a hand to stop her because I wasn't ready to listen to any excuse that she had to make up.

“Why didn't you tell me?” I asked but she said nothing. “Camilla, I need you to say something or anything right now.”

She let out a sigh and looked down. “I don't know, I just didn’t want to bother you. I just wanted you to focus on the actual problem which was your powers. I thought I could handle it." “Clearly you couldn't,” I mumbled and when her face fell, I realized I had said something wrong. I reached out to her and ran my hand through her hair softly. “I'm sorry, baby, I shouldn't have said that, today has been a very weird day."

I was still reeling from what had happened outside with the sirens. I couldn't understand what was going on, I could feel the magic buzzing under my skin every second. I couldn't help but wonder if this was how Camilla felt when she had her magic and if this situation wasn't happening right now, I would have asked her about it or spoken to her but right now, I needed to focus on Audrey's vision.

“Tell me exactly what she said,” I told Camilla and this time, she didn't hesitate.

“I can't remember it for sure, she just said something about the front of the palace being bathed in blood. I was more focused on trying to make sure she wasn't panicking anymore. It was one of those days you went out with Juan and I didn’t want to bother you when you came back."

“You should have, she is as much my daughter as she is yours. It is mean to be our problem to solve.”

She sighed. “I know, I just- when she came to me, she didn't even want to talk to me. She wanted you and it was so hard to just get her to open up to me because it is always the both of you. Many sentences in this chapter have been removed because you are not reading them on J o b nib.c(o)m.I know it sounds stupid but to me, it isn't. It always feels like you both put me on the sidelines and for once, I just wanted her to know that I could help her and that she could come to me."

I never realized that was what we had been doing but as I thought about it, I could understand where Camilla was coming from. Whenever Audrey had a problem, I always led her away and it wasn't because I was trying to hide her from Camilla, I just wanted her to feel more comfortable. I never stopped to think about how it could have been affecting Camilla especially seeing as I never told her about it after.

“She knows that,” I whispered cupping her cheeks. I placed a soft kiss on the top of her head. “She loves you and she trusts you and I'm sorry if we didn't show it to you properly.”

“I just wanted to help.”

handle this," I pressed a lingering kiss to her head. “We need to talk to Audrey and figure out if there are any more details

“What next?”

can on these sirens. Ansel has served up his usefulness, he doesn’t know more than

brows furrowed. “How do you know

about her question and the honest truth was, I didn’t know. I just knew on my inside that he didn’t

and she just nodded. She didn’t ask for any more explanation,

Their giggles filled the air and I couldn't stop myself from smiling at the scene. I remembered how Audrey had been when Camilla was pregnant, the idea fascinated her, probably because she couldn't quite understand it at the time. She loved poking Camilla’s stomach so that Aurora would

we hadn't come by to see them in about twenty four hours which was more than unusual for them. We were always

got the girls to calm down. Aurora was happily nestled in Camilla’s arms, her head lying on her shoulder. She had always loved her mother more, although Camilla would have disagreed with you in an instant.

I began slowly and her smile fell but she didn't

I couldn't. The goddess said it was your

assured her and I could visibly see my words take a weight off

and I was pissed, pissed because she was my child and she wasn't meant to worry about me, I was pissed because she was too young to be handling all of this. I was pissed because she deserved better and I couldn't do anything about it. If I could take the powers

mum about blood in front of the palace,” I began slowly and her shoulders sagged. She glanced over at Camilla

everything,” Audrey began but I

what you tell us could make a very big difference.

words and after a while, she took a seat at the edge of the bed. “I saw a woman, she was crying and she was singing

Camilla asked and she

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her hair. “It's okay to be scared, we all get scared sometimes but that's why you come to us because