The Rejected Werewolf Princess by Didiadeyemi

Chapter 13

I wasn’t able to drag myself up the stairs. Eve and another maid had to help me up the stairs and into the bathtub. Eve offered to bathe me but that felt weird and I assured her that I could do it myself but as I struggled to get out, I realized I should have taken her up on her offer.

I finally made it out and I couldn’t be bothered to put on an outfit so I settled for a black nightgown. It was the easiest thing to wear at that moment and as soon as it was on, I crawled into my bed and was out like a light.

I don’t know how long I was out, but by the time I came back to consciousness, I felt long fingers stroking my hair. I was too tired to move or acknowledge them.

“Have you eaten?” the gruff voice made me realize it was Ryker and I responded with a grunt, “That isn’t an answer Camilla.”

“What time is it?”

“It’s nighttime.” That had me sitting up quickly and I regretted it the moment I felt a burning sensation all over my body.

I looked out my open window and sure enough, the sky was dark and I could see the full moon glistening in the night sky with the millions of stars. I cannot believe that I slept the entire day away. I didn’t think I was that tired, I thought at best I would sleep for a few hours.

“I didn’t realize I slept that long.” I said slowly.

Just then my stomach rumbled and Ryker gestured for me to go with him. He had gotten to the door when he realized 1 wasn’t following him.

“I can’t get up,” I whispered, “My legs hurt.”

“Of course,” he face palmed, “I forgot you trained for the first time today. It is completely normal to be in a little pain.”

I didn’t know how to explain that it wasn’t a little pain, it was a lot of pain and I felt like I was about to keel over and die.

“Is it okay if I have my dinner in here?” I asked and he nodded.

He exited my room for a while and returned with two trays filled with food. He placed one on the bed for me and dragged a chair from the vanity over to the foot of the bed and sat on it. I wondered why he didn’t just sit on the bed but I respected that he didn’t.

I wasted no time in devouring the food. I felt like I hadn’t eaten all day and by the time I was done, I felt a little better. I still felt like my body was weighed down with lead but it wasn’t as bad as before.

It wasn’t until I was done that I realized that Ryker had been looking at me the entire time. My cheeks flushed pink as it dawned on me that he probably watched me devour my food like a pig. Maybe I should have listened to Lauren earlier.

agree to the diet,” he said mostly to himself but I heard it.

I prayed he would say no. I felt like I

to get rid of the pain is by training more,” he explained, “Although tomorrow will not be

groan and settled for a nod instead. The last thing I wanted was to be stuck training with Lauren again

my empty tray and placed it in his. He hesitated before leaving the room and I realized there was something else he wanted

me,” he reached into the bag, “You’ve been using leather shippers for a while and

my entire leg- like shoes. The soles were made of rubber but the top and the

softer than the first one. It was

made a mental note to never wear it out of the room so Lauren wouldn’t see it. “Thank you”

mouth to say something else but closed it at

“Good night, Ryker.”

better mood. My better mood didn’t stop me from limping everywhere I went. My better mood also seemed to irritate Lauren because when she walked into the living

were supposed to be outside ten minutes

though I was walking as fast as I could, it wasn’t fast enough for her and she punished me by making me run

much for it being stretches and

time I was done with my laps, I felt like I was going to throw up and when I told Lauren she dismissed it as me being lazy and forced me to do some burpees. On the

she tsked, “In fact, you just bought yourself an extra half an hour

even know how to say it as my mouth

her whistle directly in my ear and I forced myself to keep going.

stopped but she told me to keep going until she blew her whistle. This was worse than any torture I had ever faced in Tyson’s pack and a part of me wished I had never run away. I would have gladly faced their humiliation

over it and I fell. The first thing I registered wasn’t the pain from the fall, it was a burning pain in my ankle and thighs

sneered, “Your pretending

choked

me up but instead, she leaned down and pulled on the leg I was clutching hard. The pain 1 felt

my pain was real. I heard hurried footsteps and through my blurry vision, I saw Eve.

Eve’s voice was

now get out of here.”

“But she’s crying.”

met the hell

from her. Eve leaned down and tried to help me to my feet but the moment I put any form of weight on my injured leg I