The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 114: Chapter 114

Third Person POV
Fate stood back and watched the magic unfold. She may have not told the full truth. Well more like omitting one thing, however, that is a must. The future heavily depends on this aspect. Beth pricked her finger on the needle and a faint glow of gold encompassed Beth as her aura changed a bit due to the spell on the enchanted needle. None of the wolves could see the glow, but Fate and Ares could. Fate watched Ares for a moment to see what he would do. He went to say something and as their eyes met Fate shook her head now and placed her finger upon her lips to ask for his silence.
Ares looked as if he were in an internal battle with himself. Ares for his part was really trying to figure out which is the worst of two evils. Allowing Fate to keep Beth in the dark and betraying Beth once more and possibly destroying their relationship. Or he could tell Beth and risk Fates’ wrath. They were both very powerful women that he would prefer not to be on his bad side.
Ethan pricked his finger next and again another faint golden glow surrounded him, but unlike Beth’s, his slowly faded away. The same with Alexi when he had pricked his finger as well. “Alexi, to make your vows to the pack you are promising to uphold the laws fairly and justly and take care of its people. Just speak from your heart.” Beth said to him, knowing that he isn’t as familiar with wolf practices. Beth only knew this much because she had been practicing for when she had her Luna ceremony of Ethan’s pack.
Alexi took a deep breath and held the chalice up to the wall and in the air towards the moon in the clear sky and said, “I, Alexi Petrova, swear on my blood and the blood of my mates to care for and protect the Lycan pack and Kingdom along with my mates until my last breath. I vow to uphold the laws and traditions that govern the kingdom, and to act fairly and justly to ensure the safety and happiness of all.” Alexi took a sip from the chalice and a light wind started to blow stray leaves a bit. Alexi passed the chalice to Ethan to make his vows.
“I, Ethan Xavier Smith, Vow to uphold the laws and traditions of the lycan pack and kingdom. I swear on my blood and the blood of my mates to care for and protect the kingdom along with my mates until my last breath. I vow to ensure all members are well cared for and protected.” Ethan said his vows much like Alexi and then took his sip passing the Chalice to Beth.
Beth took a deep breath and held the chalice up to the moon thinking hard on what to vow and said, “I, Beth Carter descendent of Lupus, vow to rule alongside my mates as equals to run and protect the lycan pack and Kingdom. I vow that I will uphold the goddess’ laws and traditions to the best of my ability. I vow to treat every pack member as a member of my own family, and to protect it with my blood and life if necessary. I swear on my blood and the blood of my mates to care and protect the kingdom along with my mates until my last breath.” Beth said and took her sip of the mixture. When she was done the wind picked up some more and was steadily blowing things around now. Beth’s hair was whipping from side to side of her face.
All three mates placed their hands on the chalice, not being instructed to do so but feeling as if it was necessary. They poured the chalice to where the contents would hit the door first just about the locking mechanism allowing it to flow where it needed to go. The moment the blood touched the lock there was a loud groaning sound as the lock unlatched itself after a millennia of being locked tightly closed. You could hear the sound of stone scraping on stone and then the door receded into the walls.
The mates stood there just watching the scene unfold. The door had opened and before them was the whole of the lycan kingdom down on one knee baring their necks to us. All but one man that is. Lupus stood among his people watching the three strangers wearily. He could tell one of the men and the woman are both Lucan. Though he can tell the man wasn’t always so. The other man though was a vampire. He hadn’t had very good dealings with vampires in his time. He was cautious of him, but from the looks of it he is with the man and woman. “Who are you?” Lupus asked.
His people looked up at him in shock and they all started to whisper to each other. Surely he wasn’t going to revert back to his old ways already. The gate has only just opened! The woman stepped forward and raised her hand to silence the loud crowd of people. Once everyone was quiet and Beth knew she had everyone’s attention she said, “My name is Beth Carter. I am the descendent of your prior King, Lupus. These are my mates, Ethan Smith and Alexi Petrova. We have been working tirelessly for a while now to ensure your freedom from your curse,” Beth looked pointedly at Lupus when she said that last bit then continued, “I know that you have been locked away for a long time, and it will take some time for you to get used to the new world that you are about to step into. Times have changed quite a bit.”
Beth turned to Ares when she realized they didn’t have a place for everyone at the pack or even the vampire kingdom. How were they going to house all of these people? In all this time they have yet to think about where the lycans would go after being released. “Where are we going to take them? The pack doesn’t have enough space and neither does the vampire kingdom? I don’t want to split them up either. They are going to need each other’s support to learn everything they need to.”
Fate stepped in then and said, “That has already been taken care of. Selene and Gaia have been working on a suitable home for you all for a while now. I believe there was a large amount of land that was recently acquired coincidently right between the Blue Moon Pack and the Vampire kingdom. Seems each kingdom/pack form a triangle where there is a large empty lot that has space for say a castle for the leaders of the kingdoms to all reside maybe? Your choices really.” Her smirk was a little unnerving to the others and she soon quickly disappeared, but not before sending a mental message to Alexi and Ethan first obtaining answers to her questions, ‘Did you boys really not want another mate or did you not want another male mate?’
Ethan was taken by surprise by the question and he took a moment to think and then said, ‘Honestly I don’t care if the other mate would have been male or female. We are a happy family with four pups. Adding another mate into the equation just doesn’t make sense to me. I love Beth with all my heart and could never betray her with another woman whether she was my mate as well or not. Beth is the one and only female for me. Hell, even Alexi is more than enough male for a male mate for me.’
‘The same goes for me. I don’t care if our other mate would have been the moon goddess herself, the answer would still be no.’ Alexi said, agreeing with Ethan one hundred percent.
Fate nodded and said nothing more to the pair before disappearing from sight. She didn’t need to stay there to know what would happen. All is as it should be. She was comforted by the thought that both men love Beth with their whole hearts. She is confident now that the future will be the best outcome. She just wished Beth didn’t have to go through any more trials. That girl has had enough drama in her life.
Lupus looked at the woman again in a new light. He made his way over to her to see if his beast could confirm her allegations and see if there was any resemblance. When he stepped forward the crowd parted before him allowing him passage. Beth stood watching the man as he walked towards her. Harmony in her mind goes nuts saying, ‘He’s family. I smell him. He is Lupus! He is the one who started this whole mess! Give him hell Beth. Make him regret his mistakes.’
‘Don’t worry. I will. After everything he put Sierra through he is definitely going to get a wakeup call in the very near future.’ Beth said back.
Lupus stopped in front of the woman and looked at her from her head all the way down to her toes. The more he looked at her the more he could see parts of himself in her. His beast agreed. There was no mistaking that this girl is his descendant, which means that his child and mate had survived in order for this day to have come. He was so angry for a long time first at her, then the gods and goddesses. He didn’t understand how a mighty lycan king could be mated to a human. It was unheard of back in his time. Now though, after having so long to really think about everything that happened Lupus knew that he treated Sierra unfairly. His beast had always wanted her, yet the human could not get around the fact she was human and he had a superiority complex.
His regrets will always stay with him until his dying breath. Now that his people have been freed he may just do that. His people will be fine without him. If it weren’t for him they wouldn’t have needed to be saved. He was deeply ashamed of himself and his past actions. He just hopes that the lycans can adjust to the new way of life.
“So. You are the man that treated my grandmother so horribly. I have a question for you and I want your truthful honest answer and I will know if you lie to me.” Beth growled that last bit out. She really just wants to beat the s**t out of the man, but she would see if he had learned his lesson first. He nodded his head to let her continue, “What would you have done if you had a daughter and her mate had treated her the way that you treated yours?”
Lupus wasn’t sure how to answer that question. It definitely wasn’t what he was expecting. He was half expecting her to kick him out of the kingdom and make him go rogue. Though now that he really thought about it he would have been beyond furious. He probably would have gone on a bloodthirsty rampage to get justice for his pup. He hung his head and said, “I would have killed him. I know I don’t deserve forgiveness from what I have done, but I would very much like to make up for it the rest of my life.”
Beth could hear the sincerity in his words and nodded her head and then punched him right in the face, breaking his nose, as blood spurts down his face. The crowd is all gasps and chatter again witnessing our interaction. Lupus for his part just looked stunned at first, but then he had a large smile on his face and pulled me into a hug and said, “Thank you. I won’t make the same mistakes again. I learned my lesson a very very very long time ago. If the moon goddess were to see fit to grant me another gift of a mate, I would without a doubt accept her on the spot.”
“Good. Let me get back to my other pack and see what Fate was speaking of with the properties. I will come back when I have the answers for you. If some of you would like, we can do a rotation for now on who can explore Ethan’s pack and the outside world so you can see what has changed. I don’t know what you have been able to learn in your time away so maybe some schooling would be ok for all.” Beth started to make mental lists in her mind about everything she is going to need to do with the Lycans. It is a good thing that the school year is coming to a break.
“Ares. Can you please transport around fifteen citizens of the lycan kingdom and Lupus to the pack by lunch tomorrow?” Beth asked Ares sweetly. He wasn’t fooled by that though. He knew she was up to something he just wasn’t sure what. He agreed, but also said that he would need to speak to them about something that he witnessed.
Ares was not about to be back in the hot seat with Beth. He was content to let her focus her ire on Lupus for now. A small familiar whimpering sound sounded amongst the small group and all eyes turned towards the God of War. Ares sheepishly pulled a very familiar baby monitor out of his pants pocket and said, “I wasn’t about to have you leave those pups for an extended time without having a precaution set up to make sure they were alright.” Ares could feel his face burning. In all his life he had never felt like this. He snapped his fingers and the three mates found themselves waking up and hearing their pups cry to be more than a whimper.