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.

not to agree to the

I prayed he would say

more,” he explained, “Although tomorrow will not be as hard as today. I promise. It will

The last thing I wanted was to

there was something else he wanted

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

pale blue color. They weren’t like anything I had ever seen. They covered my entire leg- like shoes. The soles were made of rubber

on and it somehow felt softer than the first one. It was also prettier and I couldn’t help but stare at it in awe.

never wear it out of the room so Lauren wouldn’t see it. “Thank you”

his mouth to say something else but closed it at the last

“Good night, Ryker.”

mood didn’t stop me from limping everywhere I went. My better mood also seemed to

about?” she spat, “You were

field. Even though I was walking as fast as I could, it wasn’t fast enough for her and she punished me by making me run a lap around the house. After my lap, she said I wasn’t fast enough and made

much for it being stretches

told Lauren she dismissed it as me being lazy and forced me to do

a vomit isn’t going to get you out of training,” she tsked, “In fact, you just bought yourself an extra half an hour of

even know how to say it

her whistle directly in my ear and I forced

and I started on the laps. I did the first one and stopped but she told me to keep going until she blew her whistle. This was worse than any torture I had

that I didn’t notice the root until I had tripped over it and I fell. The first thing I registered wasn’t the pain from the fall, it was a

“Your

hurts,” I choked out the next words,

going to help me up but instead, she leaned down and pulled on the leg I was clutching hard. The pain 1 felt was blinding and spots danced in my

that moment that my pain was real. I heard hurried footsteps and through my blurry vision, I

was panicked,

now get out

“But she’s crying.”

met

a direct order from her. Eve leaned down