Chapter 159

RYKER’S P.O.V

There was an underlying tone of panic ru There was an underlying tone of panic running through the palace over the next two days. We had kept the issue with the crops nder wraps but Camilla was working herself to death trying to find a way to control her powers. She had been trying for months but so far was only able to stop it if the tug was slight- whatever that meant. I hated that I didn’t understand what was happening because it meant I couldn’t help.

She barely came back to bed unless she was too exhausted to move or passed out and I had to carry her in. It didn’t matter that she was working herself to an early

didn’t care. She felt solely responsible for everything that happened and no matter how many times I told her that she wasn’t, she didn’t listen.

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This morning, she managed to sleep in and I didn’t wake her up. When the maid arrived to rouse her for training, I sent her away. She slept well into ten a.m. before she finally woke. I was seated by the edge of the bed with a tray of breakfast ready for her. I saw the confusion on her face get replaced with a small smile for one full minute before the panic kicked in and she leaped from the bed like one being chased.

“Camilla, stop,” I said softly but she wouldn’t listen to me. Her attention was elsewhere as she tried to gather her bearings. “I canceled all your training for the day. I sent Loris home and I asked the maid not to make

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She stilled in a way that was so comical, I would have laughed had it not been a dire situation. She turned to face me slowly and her face was devoid of emotion as she spoke. “Why would you do that?”

“Because you need a break, have you taken a second to look at the bags under your eyes?”

“That is a weird way to tell your mate that she looks beautiful.”

I sighed as I stood to my feet, abandoning the tray of food on the bed. I crossed the length of the room until I was standing in front of her, I wasn’t sure who made her night gowns but they were a dream. They flowed to the floor unhindered but somehow managed to give a perfect silhouette of her curves. Every time I saw her in them, I was blown away and grateful that I was the only man who got to see her like this.

I ran my hands up her shoulders softly until m fingers tangled in her hair. I tipped

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her head back so that she was staring into my eyes and I heard her breath hitch in her throat. “What are you doing?”

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“You look beautiful,” I whispered ignoring her question. “You always have and you always will but I also need to tell you that you need to rest, Camilla. You are exhausted and if you continue like this, I can guarantee that you will not be available to help when you are needed the most.”

“I am getting closer.”

“No you’re not,” it wasn’t meant to discourage her, it was just the truth. What she wanted to learn would take years at least, something had messed with her powers and she couldn’t fight the universe, she couldn’t fight nature. “At this point, it is best to just take precautions.copy right hot novel pub