The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 118: Chapter 118

Third Person POV
Beth stood from the couch and went to the nursery where the pups were sleeping to check on them. They were sleeping soundly in their cribs and Timberlink was sitting next to Esmerelda’s crib reading a book. He had grown a bit in the last few days and now he resembles a child of about eight years old instead of his four year old self. Beth was still not happy that her precious boy was growing so fast. After ensuring each of the pups were safe and that there was plenty of milk expressed for the next few feeds she left them in Timberlink’s care until Jessica arrived in a few minutes.
Beth quickly sent a mindlink to her mates, Arthur, Martha, Alexander, Sandra, and Eric to meet her in Arthur’s office. Ethan and Alexi were at training when they had been pulled into Selene’s clearing. They had just dropped in the middle of a sparring session and their partner’s were just beginning to panic when they both had come to. It was a strange sight for the warriors to witness their future leaders just collapse on the training field. They hadn’t known what to make of the situation or what to do.
Alexander and Sandra were just getting ready to head to breakfast when they received the message from Beth. They were curious what was so urgent for Beth to call a meeting together so quickly. Sandra hoped it wasn’t anything bad. Her poor granddaughter has had enough problems recently, and a break was sorely needed. They all reached the office at the same time. As they all entered and took their seats another person entered the office and there were several growls heard.
“OH HELL NO!” Eric shouted out. There is no way in f*****g hell the goddess would curse him like this. First Alicia and now Ashley. Why does the goddess hate him so much? Why?
Beth took in the situation quickly and understood what was going on right away. She knew she had to step in before Eric did something he would regret. She knows exactly why the moon goddess had chosen them to be mates. Before Eric said anything else stupid Beth said, “Shut your mouth right now Beta. You do NOT want to let slip through your lips what you are thinking because you will regret it. I assure you there is a good reason for all of this so everyone please sit down and let me explain what is going on.”
Eric closes his mouth purely because he was shocked Beth had spoken to him in that way. He had thought that after the whole Alicia thing that they were becoming friends. Now he isn’t so sure. He looked to Ethan for some help but Ethan shook his head no to him ever so slightly. He slumped his shoulders and sat back down in the chair he had been sitting in before Ashley had arrived.
“Now Ethan, Alexi, Ashley, and I have just returned from a meeting with the Moon Goddess. So please keep your questions until after we are done. First I want to say that Selene came to me personally for help with this and I intend on fulfilling her wishes. Secondly Ashley has changed and she has learned the beauty in the matebond and she wishes to do better. All she wants is to be with her goddess given mate and be happy. She doesn’t want to be a part of this war anymore than we do. With that said Ashley also knows that she needs to atone for her crimes she has already committed. Before we go into that I would like to show you all her memories. I warn you. Some of them are hard to see. Especially the most recent ones. “After Beth finishes she starts the reel of memories starting from the beginning as that is also very important. When she is done she looks around the room to see what reactions people are having, especially Eric.
Eric doubted that anything that he could hear or see would change his mind. He would reject Ashley the first chance he got. ‘You will not human! Did you not listen to what our Queen said? Mother Moon herself asked for her to help our mate. Don’t you realize that means we were given her as a mate as a gift?’ Arlo Eric’s wolf said.
It was enough to give Eric pause in his thoughts. Would the Moon Goddess even grant him a third mate if he rejected the one she specifically gave to him for his second chance? He wasn’t sure, and now he wasn’t sure what he should do. Before he could think on it anymore Beth began her projection. He couldn’t help the growl from his lips when he saw that she must have been being drugged by her mom. Ashley didn’t act the same after that. Eric recalled that Ashley was a good girl before high school and that her attitude had changed suddenly. It didn’t register to him back then, but now that he thinks about it they should have realized something was different with their friend.
Eric growled out thunderously when he saw that bastard rogue alpha try to strangle his mate. Arlo was furious in his mind and he wanted out so that he could find the bastard and take his pound of flesh from him for daring to touch his mate.
Before anyone could react Eric had Ashley in his arms and threw her over his shoulder marching out of the office. Arlo was fully in charge at the moment and he smacked Ashley’s ass as he said, “You have been a very naughty mate! I think you should know what happens when you misbehave from now on.” The scent of Ashley’s arousal was strong in the air and it just made Arlo move that much faster.
“Well I guess I don’t need to do anything else in that regard. Now what do we do about Nancy and Alicia? If she gave Alicia the same thing can we really say that her actions were her own? I think we really need to get Nancy in here so that I can question her or would it be easier to just have her taken to the dungeons?” Beth said after watching Eric’s wolf storm off with a bewildered Ashely.
“Oh I think we can get her to come to the office pretty easily. She still has a thing for my mate and would think nothing of asking her to meet him here.” Martha said.
“I have already asked her to meet me in my office. She is on her way.” Arthur said looking as if he wanted to be anywhere else but where Nancy was going to be. He had enough of that blasted woman when he was younger. He should have banished her back then, but he was friends with her mate before he had died in a rogue attack.
Nancy had just finished fluffing up her hair in the mirror in the foyer of the packhouse. She just knew that if she waited long enough Arthur would come back to her. He was probably tired of that old ball and chain he has had to put up with. It is just a shame that the different attempts on Martha’s life hadn’t been successful. That witch is lucky those potions she gave her for Ashley have been working or she would have ripped her throat out for the failed attempts on the bitches life. Nancy confidently opened the office door without knocking, and quickly turned around to lock the door. She was smiling as she turned back around that soon dropped from her face when she saw Luna Martha standing behind Arthur with her hand on his shoulder and a smirk on her face. That b***h! Would she ever be rid of her?
“Please sit down Nancy. We just have a few questions for you and then you are free to go.” Arthur said. He could tell Nancy was expecting a very different scenario happening especially by how she was dressed. He would never understand what went on in these she-wolves minds thinking they could take a happily mated man away from his mate.
“O..Ok. Sure.” Nancy stuttered out. She was pissed that she was stuttering. What the hell was wrong with her right now. She sat down on the chair in front of the desk. She looked around the room nervously noticing a few people she didn’t recognize, but could tell they weren’t wolves. Vampire and witch she sensed.
“Hello, Nancy. I’m not sure if you remember meeting me. My name is Beth and I am Ethan’s mate. We just have a couple of questions for you to answer. Can you please tell me how long you have been drugging your daughters?” Beth said. She jumped straight into the important questions. Her hospitality can only last so long with someone who does not deserve it. Nancy to her credit didn’t let any true emotion except for shock show on her features. Internally she was freaking out trying to figure out how they knew and she was also a little confused. She hadn’t drugged Alicia. Only Ashley and she said as much before she realized she admitted to the crime. How could she be so stupid as to truthfully answer positively for such a serious crime.
“What was the purpose of the drug for Ashley in her smoothies and why drug your own child in the first place?” Beth asked again. She had been adding some magic and command into her questions making it impossible for Nancy to tell the truth.
“Why? Because that little b***h wouldn’t do as I told her. She wanted to wait for her mate and this and that. She was stupid. At least Alicia tried. It didn’t take much to convince her either. I put a potion in the smoothie every morning and it allowed me to control her like a puppet. Everything she ever did was what I told her to do. It was working too and she was about to be mated to the future Alpha, but you have to f*****g show up already pregnant with Baxter’s brats and ruined EVERYTHING!” Nancy decided that it was already too late for her. They were going to kill her so she did the only thing she could think of and attempted to shift to attack that stupid little b***h who ruined everything for her.
Much to Nancy’s horror she couldn’t shift. ‘What is going on Mable? Why can’t I shift.’ Nancy yelled at her wolf.
‘You hurt my pup! How could you talk about our pup like that? How didn’t I know about this human? How long have you been hurting her!’ Mable screamed back at her. She couldn’t believe her human counterpart was that cruel to harm her own pups. Mable pushed forward and took control of their body. “I am sorry for all the trouble my human has caused. She knows more than she is saying. I wish for you to read our minds my queen, and then I ask permission to give my human the punishment she deserves.” Mable said.
Harmony pushed forward in Beth’s body and replied, “Very well Mable. If you choose to hand out the punishment to your human I will grant that right to you. You will be blessed by the goddess for your sacrifice.” Harmony bowed Beth’s head in respect to Nancy’s wolf. Not many wolves would be able to do what she was about to do.
Beth quickly went through Nancy’s mind while Mable had control. It made it easier for Beth with permission to get through it quickly. There are a lot of things that Nancy knew that no one else did. Like how Baxter was able to escape the cells who took his place. When Beth was finished she looked into Mable’s eyes and nodded her head slightly. A single tear ran down Nancy’s face before Mable said, “Thank you.” Then ripped her own throat out.