Filed to story: The Rejected Werewolf Princess (Camilla & Tyson) by Didi Adeyemi >>
“It’s fine Eve, I had fun.”
“I’m glad to hear that Lu- Camilla.” She smiled as she corrected herself, “You can just wait here, I’ll be back within an hour.”
“No way; I would love to help out.”
She wanted to refuse but before she could respond, I stepped out of my room and made my way down to the kitchen. She caught up to me and tried to remind me that Ryker said I should stay in my room but I ignored her and waited in the kitchen for her to show me what to do. She realized I wasn’t going to back down and she finally let out a deep sigh and relented.
Even though I was terrified that a rogue would break through the back door and get to us while we were cooking, I actually had fun. We ate downstairs when we were done and she announced that she was going back to the guard’s quarters to sleep.
I wanted to ask her to sleep in my room but I knew there was no way that she would agree to sleep in my bed with me and I didn’t want her to have to sleep on the floor so I allowed her leave.
I tossed and turned in my bed all night but I was so worried about Ryker that I couldn’t even close my eyes for a second. After a few minutes of uncomfortable turning, an idea popped into my head and I debated and mulled over it for a while before I finally stood up from my bed.
My corridor was empty save for a few guards I could see at the top of the stairs. I ignored them as I walked down the corridor and towards the door I knew led to Ryker’s room.
It looked the same as I last saw it when he was here. The bed was perfectly made and not a single thing was out of place. Before I could change my mind, I shut the door behind me and crawled underneath his covers.
Everything smelled like him and it felt like being wrapped up in a cocoon. I hoped he wouldn’t be upset when he returned and I wanted to leave but my b*dy wouldn’t move. I made up my mind to leave in five minutes but five minutes turned to ten and ten turned to fifteen and before I knew it, I was fast asleep in his bed.
Hurried and panicked footsteps woke me from my slumber. It took me a second to remember where I was and when I did, a blush formed on my cheeks. I wasn’t supposed to fall asleep here.
The hurried shouts continued and I realized that it was my name being yelled. I forced myself out of the comfortable bed and pulled open the door to the room and was met with a panicked looking Eve.
When she saw me she let out a sigh of relief, “I thought you were gone.” She pulled me into a hug and she must have realized what she was doing because she quickly stepped back and cleared her throat, “I apologize, I should never have done that.”
“It is fine,” I assured her, “I haven’t gotten a hug in a very long time.”
She smiled softly before she remembered where I was and she frowned,
“You should have told me where you were sleeping. I went to your room this morning to call you for breakfast and when I didn’t see you I panicked.”
“I would’ve come down eventually.”
“Camilla, it is almost eleven. You never sleep in this late. I thought someone took you.”
I didn’t believe her when she said the time. I walked back into the room and when I looked at the clock on the wall, I realized she was right.
“I am so sorry.” My hands flew over my mouth, “I didn’t realize I had slept in. I didn’t even plan to sleep here, I just came and I was going to leave but I-,”
“You don’t have to explain yourself. The Alpha is your mate and you missed him. I don’t know why I didn’t think to check here. Of course I should have known you would be here.”
I wanted to tell her that it wasn’t what she thought but then again, she was right. I did miss him and I was worried about him and that was the only reason I came here. I knew it would calm me down and it did. I just didn’t account for the fact that I might have fallen asleep.
“I almost forgot,” she said hurriedly- almost panicked, “Lauren arrived this morning and she is her usual self. That was why I was looking for you, I wanted to warn you.”
Just the mention of her name soured my mood instantly and I fought the urge to roll my eyes. “Where is she?”
Just before Eve could answer, I heard footsteps and I saw Lauren round the corner. She froze as she took in the scene before her; me in my night gown and Eve standing right next to me. Her eyes narrowed into slits and she stormed over to us.
“What the hell are you doing here?” she spat, “Did you come to steal something?”
“I was looking for Camilla.” Eve tried to explain but Lauren silenced her with a hand.
“I wasn’t talking to you, I was talking to her.” She whirled on me, “What the hell are you doing in Ryker’s room? You shouldn’t even be here.” She grabbed my arm and I jerked it out of her grip. She was shocked, hell, so was I. It took her the better part of three seconds to get her shock under control and fix a death glare on her face.
“You shouldn’t be here.” She sneered.
“Neither should you.”
“Excuse me?”
I was tired of her walking all over me and trying to make me feel like shit. when Ryker has told me over again that she means nothing to him. I am his mate and she has no right to make me feel like I shouldn’t be here. “This is my mate’s room and I have more right to be here than any of us.” She opened her mouth to speak but I cut her off, “If anything, you shouldn’t be here and if you don’t leave then I’ll tell Ryker that you harassed me. Let’s see how he reacts to that.”
The tops of her ears turned red and for a second I thought she was going to explode but she turned on her heels and stalked back the way she came. I let out a sigh of relief and I saw Eve staring at me with her mouth wide open.
“I thought she was going to blow a fuse.” Eve said and I let out a choking laugh.
“I did too.”
Eve left right after that to heat up my breakfast and I returned to my room to get freshened and get dressed for the day. I was still reeling from the after effects of my conversation with Lauren but above all, I felt good. I never knew how satisfying and filling it would be to talk back to Lauren and I loved how I felt after it.
When I was dressed and ready, I made my way downstairs expecting to see Lauren but the dining room was empty save for a lone tray of food at my usual spot. I sat down and started eating and I didn’t know how hungry I was until the first bite hit my tongue.
Eve walked in with a jar of fruit juice and placed it right in front of me. I thanked her for it and she was just about to leave when I stopped her. “Have you seen Lauren?’ I asked and she shook her head.
“I came down and heard her muttering something about refusing to be disrespected but then she disappeared and I haven’t seen her since.”
“I hope she went home.” I muttered under my breath but Eve heard it because she laughed.
“I’m sure she wishes she could but she wouldn’t dare, the Alpha would kill her if he found out that she left you unprotected.”
“Speaking of the Alpha,” I cleared my throat so I would sound as uninterested as possible, “Have you heard anything about the rogue attack they went to handle? Or have you heard from him lately?”
She shook her head and I felt the hope in my chest deflate, “But that’s a good thing. If he was hurt then everyone would know. If we haven’t heard anything yet then it means they are fine and are probably busy with handling the rogue problem. These things can take days sometimes. because they have to clean up and scout the area to make sure that they didn’t miss anything.”
“You’re right,” I tried to focus on her words and not the worst possible case scenarios that my mind was conjuring, “He should be back soon.” “He will be, I promise you that.”
She gave me a small smile and disappeared back into the kitchen. I looked down at my full tray of food and realized that I had lost my appetite but I forced bite after bite into my stomach because I knew that was what Ryker would have made me do.