The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

CAMILLA'S POV

I had experienced many terrifying things in my life, but none quite as terrifying as waking up to my daughter lying on top of me with her face dangerously close to mine. For a second, my heart skipped a beat and I thought something terrible had happened but it turned out, it was just a very overactive and over excited child who smiled up at me the moment she noticed that I was awake.

“Is this your way of trying to send me to an early grave?” I teased and she giggled. Her eyes were alight with pure mischief as she buried her face into my shoulders. With everything that had been going on, this was the first time in a while I had seen my child so happy like this and I wanted it to last.

I was going to do everything humanly possible to make sure that she remained this happy for as long as I lived. It was my duty as her mother and it was what she deserved. She had grown up so fast, the least I could do was to ensure that she got the best of what was left of her childhood.

“Where's daddy?” she asked and I looked around noting that Ryker wasn't in the room. He had been there before I fell asleep but he must have left shortly after.

I dragged myself out of bed, taking Audrey with me because she just wouldn't let me go. Aurora was still asleep and I was torn against leaving her there and actually taking her with me. On one hand, she could sleep as long as she wanted but on the other, I didn't want her to wake up and I wasn't here.

“shell be fine, mummy,” Audrey whispered in my ears. She sounded a bit impatient. “I want to see daddy and I want to see aunt Christine.”

I winced at the mention of Christine. “I don't know if your aunt is awake right now and ready to see visitors.”

Audrey snorted. “Yes, she is. Daddy is with her right now. She's very happy."

“How do you-" I caught myself in the middle of my question. How did Audrey know anything? She definitely saw it and I had gotten to that point where I didn't even bother asking anymore. If she says she saw it, then she did. She has never been wrong before and I doubted she was. going to start now.

I just lifted her a little higher so she could wrap her legs around my waist and I could carry her to Christine's room. She made no move to get down from my hold and instead wrapped her arms around my neck tighter on the way. I felt a bit weird about leaving Aurora alone so I asked one of the maids to keep an eye on her for me.

hushed whispers. I lingered at the door, my heart nearly bursting in my chest as I looked at Christine who was sat up in bed and holding her children. There were tears in her eyes as she spoke animatedly and I knew without

needed before she all but leaped out of my hold

very tiny, smaller than Rory was,” she commented and I couldn't help

should have,” Juan explained gently. “When they grow older, they will get bigger, but for now, they're

of the situation but she nodded

were wide and she had a small smile on her

crinkling as she added. “I don't know their names. I tried

was silence for a full minute as they seemed to communicate with themselves silently. At the

his name is Landon Ryker, after your

beside me. “Christine, that

life, Ryker. I don't know what you did but you're the reason that they

much. He tried to speak but the words wouldnt come out and all I could do was gently squeeze his

finally. “It is an honor that I greatly appreciate and I do not take

to leave, she was completely enraptured by the little children and it took a lot of convincing on our end to even pull her out of the room. It helped that it was time for dinner and she was terribly hungry. By this time, Aurora had woken up as well so it was just the four of us in the

felt empty without them. I couldn't help but smile when I thought about a few years down the line when their children would be old enough to sit at the table. It made every awkward second pass by

cleaned up but that didn’t mean everything was

cannot happen again,” I said the minute I walked in and there were murmurs of agreement. “Lives were at risk today,

chorus answer that I got. There was silence before one of the elders spoke. “But, if I may, this would never have happened if the threat to our jobs had