The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 101: Chapter 101

Alexi’s POV
I don’t know what to do about this. I don’t know how to help Beth. I don’t know how to help Link. I just don’t know how to do any of this right now. I just want to punch the hell out of someone or something. If it wasn’t a death sentence I would punch Ares right in his f*****g nose. That bastard had to have known all this time and he didn’t think to tell us. What was he going to do? Just wait until we started to freak out when Link started to shoot up like a weed? Does he just enjoy watching Beth fall apart? EVERYTHING that is happening right now could have been avoided if that f*****g asshole would have just opened his f*****g mouth. I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard Ethan yell at Ares.
“You son of a b***h! You knew all this time and didn’t say a f*****g word to us. That’s why you pointed me in his direction. Isn’t it? You forced this upon us! We didn’t want a guardian for our daughter, we wanted our SON! Now he won’t even get a childhood. He will miss out on everything. Did you think of that at all? What is this going to do to my SON!” Ethan yelled and was panting by the time he was done.
“This is how it was supposed to go. I can’t change that. I do what I am told when I am told. Fate said…” Ares started to say until Ethan cut him off.
“f**k what Fate said! You were part of our family! You betrayed our trust Ares. That is what hurts the most, you know? Beth felt like you were her grandfather. That is why she is so comfortable with you. It is why she treats you the way she does. You became her family and you just betrayed her trust. You didn’t tell her or us ANYTHING about this. Didn’t give us a heads up. Family doesn’t do that to each other. Family looks out for each other. No matter what. Come on son. Let’s take you to nana and pop pop so me and daddy Alexi can go find mommy and make sure she is ok.” Ethan said as he placed his hand on Timberlink’s shoulder and guided him out of the room.
“Ethan’s right, you know. We can handle what is happening with Link or Timberlink. It doesn’t sit well with us that everything that our son is going to be losing out on because of this, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t be proud of him and what he will accomplish in a short amount of time. We love our son and will support him in anything and everything he does. It’s the betrayal that is what really hurts the most. I don’t know how your messed up family does things, but in the real world family sticks with each other through thick and thin. Family is who you should be able to always count on. Family watches out for each other and protects each other. Family isn’t supposed to lie to each other or keep things hidden from each other. Especially things like this.” I sigh as I look at a dumbfounded Ares. I shake my head and sit down on the couch and wave my hand in the direction of the chair so that he will sit and really listen to what I have to say next.
After Ares takes his seat I take a deep breath in and let it out I then look Ares in the eyes and say, “You haven’t been in Beth’s life very long and you don’t know all about her history. I know you can guess some of the things or go and figure it all out, but I will make it easy on you and tell you. When she was growing up all she wanted was the love of her father. All during her childhood and into her early teenage years she did everything she could to make that man love her and be proud of her. None of that worked. The moment she needed him the most he turned his back on her. His own flesh and blood stood before him beaten, bloody, and raped and he turned her away and BLAMED her for it. Then you come into the picture and she gets attached to you and places you as her grandfather. Something she had never got to experience before, mind you. You guys build up this relationship and then this happens. It is like a slap in her face because she counted on you to have her back. What part of keeping it a secret that the child that she adopted and loves with all her heart is going to essentially get a fast forward to his childhood in a matter of months when you knew the whole time is having her back?”
I watch as Ares ponders what I have said so far. I don’t know if it is sinking in or not. Then he surprises me by saying, “I feel like such an asshole. The first time I feel this connection with one of my descendents and I f**k it all up to Tarturus and back.” Ares mumbles to himself for a few minutes until he whips his head up and says, “Tell me what to do to fix this. I don’t want Beth to feel like I betrayed her. It wasn’t what I was trying to do. I didn’t even think of it like that. I was just told by Fate what to do and I followed her directions to the T. Last time someone didn’t follow Fates orders to the letter the Titanic sank. I was NOT about to be the cause of the next disaster to hit. I have my own troubles with all the wars and fighting that is going on in the world, and I don’t want or need to add Fates’ wrath onto that. Or Beth’s for that matter.”
I looked the god of war over. I was looking in his eyes for any deceit or see if he was trying to mislead me. I was shocked and surprised to see how sincere he actually was. I took pity on the bastard and said, “Time and communication. Give her some time to cool down and sit with this information for a minute. Then talk to her about your side of it. Explain it to her how you did it to me. She will understand. She may hold it against you for some time, but she will forgive you if you are honest with her and don’t do it again.” Ares’ face lit up like a little kid on Christmas.
“Ok. I will go now. I will come back this evening. I need to go do something right now anyway. I’ll be back.” Ares started to ramble out as he paced in front of his seat for a moment then he disappeared.
I shook my head and decided to grab Beth some clothes since she walked out of here in just a dressing gown. I chuckle as I imagine quite a few wolves staring at her strangely because of it. I grab her a pair of thick leggings and a sweater. Then thinking about her not having shoes I grabbed some socks and shoes. Thinking of the socks reminded me of her undergarments. After I collected all of that I placed it on the bed thinking about what else she might need when her jacket is placed on the pile by Ethan.
“I didn’t hear you come back. How is he? He seemed like he was handling all of this better than we are.” I asked him about our son.
“He is. He is actually quite happy with this. He didn’t like being so small and not able to help protect his mommy and siblings like he should. I keep thinking about everything that he is going to be missing and I want to scream and shout. Then I think about the fact that he is changing now because there is a threat out there to our daughter that requires it. How am I supposed to protect her and my family if I don’t know what is going on? Ares has pissed me off so much because of not giving us a warning about this happening. I feel like we go two steps forward with him and then ten steps back. Then there is Beth. There is so much going on around her right now that she can’t even take a moment to breathe before the next thing happens. I just want to take us all away from this and disappear and let the world handle its own problems. I just feel so helpless right now.” Ethan said and slumped down onto the bed and placed his head in his hands.
I understood how he felt. I was feeling the exact same way. I sat down beside him and placed my hand on his thigh. I waited for him to look at me and when he did I said, “Together. We do this together and get through this together. Our son is going to be fine. Who better to teach our son to protect himself and those around him than the god of war himself? Beth will be ok. We all will be. It will be hard to adjust to it at first, but life will move on and the world will still turn. Timberlink will be a grown man in three months time. We still have three very young and very needy pups that still need us. We will just have to make it up to Timberlink when he comes back for all the birthdays and Christmas’ he missed. I know we can’t get him back the years that he didn’t get, but we can make the best of the situation. Besides if he is ok with this then why shouldn’t we? Let’s grab these clothes for Beth and let’s go find our mate before she gets sick or hypothermia.” I smack his thigh once and then stand up and gather up her clothes while Ethan grabs her shoes and jacket.
Ethan used his sense of smell to locate our wayward mate. When we found her she was in a clearing just laying down staring up at the sky. I admit it was beautiful here. When she finally noticed us and sat up we handed her the clothes and she got dressed. Ethan and I sat down on either side of her and we all laid back staring up at the sky.
“We can do this.” Beth whispers.
“We will.” Ethan says.
“Together.” I say and we just quietly stared at the sky together while we all wrapped our heads around what will be happening in the near future.