The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

RYKER'S POV

There was a buzzing underneath my skin, like a presence that didn’t want to leave, it was a constant reminder of the magic flowing through my veins. It was unusual at first and a tad bit uncomfortable but now, it was just annoying. With everything going on, it was very easy to lose my cool but the moment I lost control of my emotions, I lost control of the magic too. If Camilla hadnt been with me in the council chambers, I would've lost control and I couldn't have that.

Not right now, not when we were fighting an enemy outside. The last thing I wanted to do was to make the people divert their attention from the real enemy and onto me. People tended to fear what they couldn't understand and I couldn't expect anyone to understand the fact that I currently possessed the same magic that Reina did. Even I found it hard to believe sometimes especially after killing that male siren but I did it for the right cause and that was more than enough for me.

I wasn't going to hide it forever, that was never the plan, I just needed to keep it hidden and controlled long enough until we had nothing to worry about. It was going to take some getting used to and slow acclimatization to get the people used to it but I knew it was something I could do. The people were reasonable and they loved us, but fear was a powerful weapon and right now, there was too much fear for them to think straight. At that moment, they were in survival mode and threatened animals only knew how to do one thing- strike.

“I'm here," Juan announced as he walked into my office. I had asked for his help to try and figure out which sea the sirens could be in. There were three of them and I didn't want to risk sending innocent guards to their deaths. “I got all the notes you asked me to get on the seas and the areas around them. I hope you know what you are doing, Ryker"

I hesitated for a moment before responding. “I hope so too.”

No one wanted the sirens gone more than Juan and I. He had a pregnant mate and I knew it had been worrying him badly that there was so much going on that could potentially put her in danger. I had told him that it was fine if he decided it was best for him and Christine to leave and settle somewhere else but all he did was snort in my face and ask what I needed for him to do. I had never thought I would have another friend in my life but juan was someone I didn't know I needed until he came into my life.

“I have been going through the books about sirens,” I said gesturing to the stack of books I had taken from the private library. “They are a very secretive species so not much is known about them. It is said that once you go down to a sirens home, you will never return. All the information we have is from sirens who have been captured before but it is taken with a grain of salt because sirens are known manipulators.”

“So it could either be completely true or completely false,” he deduced and I nodded. “Alright then, I want to hear it.”

“Excluding their supernatural strength, speed and regenerative habits, it is said that sirens. love the clean and open water. They prefer to move in the deep waters which makes it difficult for their prey to escape. They can usually be found in the open sea and they prefer isolated bodies of water. They have tight familial bonds but they also are not good parents. Sirens will t*****e their own kids so that they can remain with their respective spouses. They also mate for life.”

“Does it say how to kill them?” Juan asked and I nodded.

They can be decapitated and they can die from blood loss although the last is very tricky because of how fast they regenerate. In their human form, they are at their weakest. If you get a siren in their true form, they are almost impossible

song to them if it is something that we cannot even hear ourselves? IF we listen to it, we are lost. How do we know what to

know,” I mumbled as I ran my hands through my hair. “But using

front of us and dropped a pin in a spot. “That is the cleanest and largest sea that is close to this pack,” he paused for a second and took another pin and placed it on the opposite side of the map. “But if that was all lies, then that is the murkiest, the smallest and the most visited

sentence, he knew. “What do you think?” “I think you have to make this decision

of me, a

and exhaled deeply as I pointed to one of the pins.

feel safe, I wanted them to feel like they had the advantage over us. I wanted to avoid a war and I was going to do everything possible to make sure that it didn't get bloody although a part of me told me I was wasting my time. Dinner was a tense affair, the women knew we were doing something but they didn’t know what and that was exactly how I wanted it. They wouldn't even look us in the eye, Camilla just sat next to me with her expression set in a permanent frown. The tension was so thick and tangible that even the kids didn't speak, they just sat there in uncomfortable silence. I wanted to speak, to try and ease the tension but

the girls in bed but she didn't speak to me once. The moment we were out of Audrey's room, she tried to brush past

me. “Stop what exactly? I haven't

but that seemed to have no effect on her whatsoever. “I need to

the issue was. She wasn't pissed off at me, she was worried. I cupped her cheeks and stroked my thumb across her skin softly and I felt her shiver against me. “You shouldn't be

we are attacking them or coming there for an ambush. I want this to

tell you that this is

the battle will be over," I couldn't stop the words from leaving my mouth

“You are going out there with the

your first choice but if it comes then you will accept it with open arms. You bastard. Would you have just left me here to wait for you to return