The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

CAMILLA'S POV

I woke up to fingers running through my curls. I made a sound underneath my breath and nestled closer to the source of heat that I knew ultimately belonged to Ryker. He chuckled under his breath before pressing a soft kiss to the top of my head. I was fully awake by this time, but I had no intentions of opening my eyes anytime soon. “It's morning," Ryker's voice was soft and teasing by my ears. “We need to talk, Camilla.”

“I know," I mumbled as I moved closer to him. “I just want a few more seconds, can you give me that?”

“I could, but it is very late in the morning and if you don't get up now, you might be pissed with me later,” he whispered and I groaned but ultimately knew he was right and pulled my eyes open. He had a small smile on his face. “Good morning, baby.”

He leaned down and kissed me softly. There was always something heart warming and calming about waking up next to him. It was my own calm before the storm, my own brief moment of peace before the drama of the day began. It was that little piece of bliss that I could count on every day of my life and I lived and breathed for it. I smiled up at him and he stared at me like I had hung up the stars.

“We need to talk,” his voice was soft but there was an edge in his eyes, something that had me knowing that whatever he was about to say had the potential to wreck my day. I sat up slowly, pulling the blankets up to my chin with it. “I need to tell you so that we can get our stories straight before we talk to Juan and Christine.”

“Is it that bad?”

“It is and fuck, Camilla, I don’t even want to talk to you about it but I made a promise last night and I have to," the way he was speaking terrified me and with each passing second, I could almost feel and impending sense of doom.

It was kind of ironic that we were having the conversation with him fully clothed and me stark naked but I was used to us having the weirdest conversations in the weirdest of places. I sat up straighter and cleared my throat.

“I'm listening," I said trying to keep the fear and worry out of my words. “I'll try to keep a clear mind but forgive me if I am unable to."

“She wants Christine dead.”

I paused, blinked at him twice and then rubbed my ears wondering if I had heard him wrong. I blinked again wondering if he was going to disappear or laugh and say that he was joking but he didn't. It didn't matter how long I stared at him, he didn't move, he didn’t flinch and I knew deep in my heart that I heard right.

“Why would she want that?” I couldn't understand the reasoning behind it. “What does Christine have to do with anything?”

for you. She said she would attack the palace,

widened to the point of saucers. “What

bit annoyed that I even had to ask. “I think this is more than just getting revenge at this point. She wants to hurt us, she wants to make

I finished and he nodded. “What do we do? Do we talk to Juan

is going to attack, but I didn’t tell him about her ultimatum with Christine. I don’t want him to look at me

“He wouldn't”

to ask what I had chosen when I told you. It is normal for a mate to pick his own over the others. Most men would have picked

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in my head. I

that

it happened when I heard her voice for the first time. I don't

what do we

we can do," he sighed. “We sit and prepare for them to

a kiss to my head and got out of bed. I watched as he started to get dressed for the day but I didn’t move from the bed. It wasn't until he had gotten to the door that I realized that

this?" I asked and he stilled with his hands on the door. “I understand you telling me about Christine, but the other, why? You

I wanted someone to know. I

to wanting to protecting

know what is happening. If you are trying to figure it

us. I ended up leaving the conversation

all by surprise. When I saw the guard behind the door, I knew instantly that it was bad news. The look on his face held fear and apprehension. Even before he opened his mouth, I knew what I was going

he said and

to the front of the palace where there was a man standing. He was fighting against the hold of the guards who were keeping him

He sighted Ryker

Ryker asked when he got closer. “See