Filed to story: The Rejected Werewolf Princess (Camilla & Tyson) by Didi Adeyemi >>
“It’s nothing,” she said but I could tell that she was lying.
I crossed my arms over my chest and stared at her. We are around the same height so there was no looking up or down, she just avoided my eyes. Her entire b*dy language read defensive and I wondered what she was so desperately trying to hide. She tried to side step me to avoid my gaze but I refused to let her and I forced her to look at me.
“What is it?” I asked and she hesitated before speaking.
“Let me choose your dress.” I was so shocked by her words that I stood immobile for a few seconds. She must have taken it as ano because she rolled her eyes, “This is why I didn’t ask.”
“didn’t say anything.”
“You didn’t have to, I could tell that it was already a no.
She started to walk away but I stopped her, “Actually, it was going to be a yes.”
She paused mid step and turned to me with a face full of disbelief. I could tell that she was playing my words over and over in her head to make sure that she hadn’t misheard by accident.
“You said yes,” she repeated and I hummed, “Are you sure?”
“I don’t know what to wear and unless I plan to go in a sack then you are my best option. I trust that you something amazing.”
will come up with
“I have millions of ideas,” her excitement was palpable and I felt a small smile grow on my l*ps as her eyes lit up like a kid in a candy store, “I can show you my designs and you can choose whichever one you think is-,”
“Surprise me,” I said instead and her eyes widened.
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, I want to see it on that day.”
She nodded and squealed so loudly I feared someone would rush in and think we were under attack. She pulled me into a hug that was so tight I feared my ribs would cr ack and when she pulled away, she all but sk ipped down the stairs to do goddess knows what..
I smiled to myself as I watched her and made my way down the stairs to the garden. I have finished with everything I have to do today and I might as well enjoy some time surrounded by the flowers and fresh air.
I passed by a lot of guards and ser vants who were trying to make everything presentable for the Alphas who were set to arrive. I brushed past all of them and as soon as I stepped out of the palace doors, I could feel one of the guards following
I didn’t have to look back to know it was Kevin. He is the guard my mother personally assigned to follow me once I am out of the safety of the palace. He might look calm and approachable but he is deadly and as swift as a viper. He can have a grown man begging for his life within minutes.
I tried being friendly with him when he was first assigned to me but I quickly learned that Kevin enjoys working in solitude and silence, I knew that I was most likely being a bother to him so I stopped trying. It doesn’t mean that we aren’t civil though, I still occasionally ask about his little sister but it mostly ends there.
I got to the garden, it isn’t heavily protected because most people know not to come here. The garden was built by my father before he was mated to my mother. He was the prince and he used to come here to get away from the stress of royal life. After his mating, he gave it to my mother as a gift and it has been unofficially known as the royals garden since then.
It is a small expanse of land with beautiful flowers growing all around. There is a massive fountain that can fit at least five people in it and three different benches. I knelt in front of the fountain and stretched out my hand to call the water to me.
This is my favorite place to practice my powers mainly because of the fountain but also because there is usually no one to bother me. I bent the flow of the water so it formed an arch and I smiled to myself as I remembered how hard it was to do it when I first started. I had to learn that water isn’t meant to be controlled and I had to see it as an extension of myself and not a completely different entity.
I stayed there for a while, just playing around with the water and making shapes with it when I heard Christine’s voice in my head.
“Where are you?” she asked, “Audrey woke up and is searching for you.”
“Bring her to the garden,” I instructed and I rose to my feet.
I was turning around when I felt a presence in the woods. I barely had time to tell Kevin about it when I saw a figure emerge. At first I had to blink twice to make sure that I was seeing the right person but the longer I stared, the clearer he became.
His dirty blond hair was slicked back giving him an almost regal look. He was also older but he was completely clean sha ven. His blue eyes sparkled with mischief and he was wearing a tightly pressed suit.
Kevin was quick to arrive in front of me with his sword out and under the intruder’s chin. He just smiled and raised his hand to show that he had no weapons and he was no harm.
“State your name and your business,” Kevin snarled, “You shouldn’t be here.”
“She knows me, don’t you Camilla?” I ignored him, “My name is Tyson Woods and I am the Alpha of the Two Moons pack.”
Tyson still had that air of faux superiority and the way he was staring at me was like he knew that I didn’t belong. I hadn’t expected him to be here, I thought his father would be here but I didn’t even think too much about it.
“When did your father die?” I asked and he shrugged.
“A few years,”
I could see that Kevin was looking between me and Tyson almost as if he was unsure of what to do. If I am being honest, I don’t know what to do either.
“I came to see you Camilla,”
Tyson took a step forward but Kevin pressed the tip of his blade into Tyson’s neck. “Take one more step and I will not hesitate to take your head off. You will also address the princess by her appropriate title.”
If Tyson was upset, he didn’t let it show. Instead, he nodded as well as he could with a sword to his throat. Both men were not staring at me and I turned to Kevin.
“Let him go,”
Kevin was shocked but he did as I asked. Tyson was relieved and he started to make his way over to me but I held out one hand to stop him. I think it was more shock than my actual order that made him freeze in his tracks as he stared at me.
“You need to leave,” I said simply and his eyes widened.
“Camilla, I came for you.”
“I don’t care why you came,” I said simply.