The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 145: Chapter 145

Beth’s POV
I knew this was coming. This was part of Esmerelda’s vision that I saw and refused to tell anyone. I knew that my death would be the catalyst to finally put an end to Baxter and the sect. We had been trying to cut down the numbers with no luck. Baxter would just find more people to corrupt and enlist. Right now we have the men and the opportunity to end this fight here and now. Baxter had brought all of his men with him and they were being surrounded while I was stalling him.
I looked down at my chest seeing the knife sticking out of it. Before I lost complete consciousness I sent out a mindlink to my mates, ‘I’m sorry my loves. I…I lo..love…yo..you’
The earth shaking roars sounding out now rattling the ground were my mates. They were angry. Good they will need that anger to finish this once and for all. I felt my eyes close as my heart beat its last beat and drifted off into nothingness with my mates and pups being the last thing on my mind and how much I am going to miss them.
****Beth’s journey into the Afterlife****
I sat up with a gasp and looked around me. I was not in the clearing anymore. This place looks familiar, though I can’t place it. As I stood up and straightened out I could feel eyes on me. “Who’s there? Show yourself. I know you are there.” I shouted out.
To my surprise I saw three people I didn’t expect to see. Zeus, Hades, and my father walked out of the shadows and came over to me. Zeus was the first to speak and said, “Very observant little one. Keep trusting those instincts. You have a few choices to make Beth. First I think Hades has something he has to say to you.”
I turned to Hades and I was surprised to see he looked remorseful. He hadn’t done anything to me that I am aware of so I was curious what he was thinking. I didn’t have to wait long before he spoke and said, “I’m so sorry Beth. I didn’t realize what I was starting all those years ago. I was trying to help my mate, and it went completely wrong. I went to the Alpha of the Blue Moon Pack to secure a safe place for my mate and her newborn pup. I didn’t know that one of the Alpha’s sons was power hungry. Killing his father and trying to kill his older brother too. It is my fault. It is all my fault.”
To my shock Hades was crying. As I took in Hades words I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. It couldn’t be though, could it? I had to ask, “Hades. Sierra is your mate. Am I correct?” I waited for the confirmation I knew was coming now based on the pale color of his face. Which I must say is quite strange to see on this man’s face. Once he nodded I continued, “Let me see if I have this right. You happened to come across Sierra after she had fled from Lupus. Then you went to the Blue Moon Pack to gain sanctuary for her, but the Alpha’s youngest son betrayed him.” Hades nodded again so I asked the one question that I am not sure I want the answer to, “What exactly is your fault Hades?”
He looked as if he would rather be anywhere else right now. He took a deep breath and released it as he said in a rush,” I’mthereasonthatthesectwasformed andthatyourlifehasbeenaseriesofunfortunateevents!”
I didn’t catch everything because he was talking so quickly. My father however must have heard him perfectly fine because he turned to him with a look that I was usually on the receiving end of. The look of pure disgust and mild hatred. I did not expect him to throw a punch right into Hades’ nose, breaking it and causing blood to flow.
“You son of a b***h! You ruined all of our lives! If it weren’t for you that cult wouldn’t have targeted me or my family.” My father bellowed out in anger.
“That is enough Dustin!” Zeus commanded and to my surprise my father stopped. He was breathing heavily in his anger. I could understand his anger though now that I know what he said. If Hades hadn’t interfered as he did would my life have been so chaotic and hectic? Would I have had a normal relationship with my father? Then I thought about my babies and Timberlink. Would I even be alive right now if he hadn’t? Beth knew what she needed to do to bring Hades and herself peace. She wouldn’t hold hate in her heart now that she was dead. Honestly could she blame Hades for what happened? He was just doing what any mate would do to protect the ones they loved and cared for.
With a heavy sigh I looked at Hades and said, “Hades. I forgive you. Just because I forgive you does not mean that I by any means condone what you did, but you did not know that securing the safety of your mate would cause the chain of events it did. You have no control over what another being does. I also can’t say that if I were in your position I wouldn’t have done the same thing.”
“Beth, how could you forgive him for what he has done? It is all his fault our lives were how they were.” My father asked me with a hint of betrayal in his tone.
This angered me more than what Hades had done. He had no right to blame another person for the way HIS life had turned out. I took a calming breath in and released it and said, “Don’t. You have no right to be angry on my behalf. You are the main reason my life was a living hell as I was growing up. You cheated on my mother and treated her like garbage while you treated me no better than a nuisance that you couldn’t wait to get rid of. You allowed Karen to treat me like a second class citizen in my own home. You allowed her daughters to use me as a scapegoat for their misdeeds. I was punished because of things THEY did. The moment I needed you the most and you turned your back on me and told me it was my fault. You do remember that night right Dustin? The last time you ever saw me before the clearing where we both died? Where you looked at your bruised, beaten, and RAPED daughter, and said that I was a slut and I got what I deserved. So don’t you go spouting off about how he ruined our lives. He may have been the catalyst to start it all, but he isn’t the one who ruined my life. That honor goes to YOU!”
By the time I was done venting out all the pain I had bottled up from my pre-Ethan/Alexi life I had tears running down my face. All the pain from feeling like I was less than everyone around me. The pain from thinking if only I would have been a boy my father would have loved me. The pain of thinking if I only worked a little harder to be the daughter he could be proud of he would actually love me. As the last drops of my tears fell, the pain in my heart from his last betrayal and any hope I had left of my father finally loving me washed away. Leaving me to feel lighter and breathe easier.
“Beth. Sweetheart. I am so sorry. I can’t tell you how much it pained me to be that way to you…” Dustin was saying before he was interrupted by another voice that had not been here before.
“Do stop your lies Dustin. Save yourself the embarrassment. You did everything happily and willingly. You had your orders and you followed them like the soldier and lost puppy you were. I could feel it the moment your soul entered the Underworld. It is a neat gift that was granted to me the moment I accepted my mate. I can read the true intentions of the souls that come to us. It helps in the placement of the souls in the appropriate places to serve in their afterlife. Your mouth is saying one thing, but your soul is screaming out its hate towards Beth. You blame her for your death. You blame her for what happened to your mortal life. You even blame her for you not being turned into the lycan you thought you were meant to be. So save the sweet words for people who actually care because we don’t.” Sierra said.
I am not surprised by what she said to my father though. Deep down I knew that he wasn’t under any kind of enchantment. I could feel that in the clearing before his neck was snapped. I will always love my father despite him not loving me, but I am done allowing him to have more room in my heart to hurt me. I won’t deny that a part of me held out hope that he was under a spell of some kind. The harsh reality is that my father never loved me, and I was just a means to an end for him. A way to get what he could not have.
“You’re right. I hate her with every fiber of my being. I was glad that she left with her mother. I didn’t have to deal with her anymore. I did my part. When that bastard Baxter didn’t follow through on his end after everything I couldn’t wait to get rid of her. My only regret is that I wasn’t the one to stab her in her pathetic heart.” Dustin seethed in anger.
It was Hades’ turn to punch my father, though he hit him hard enough to break his jaw and to stop his hate from spewing from his mouth. “THAT was for calling my mate a b***h!” Then Hades punched my father in his nose and said, “THAT was for my nose and this,” Hades used his right fist to land an uppercut to his jaw sending him flying backwards and landing in a broken heap a few feet away, “THAT was for Beth. You are a pathetic excuse for a human being and even more pathetic excuse for a father. I know exactly where to put you to serve out your existence. Cerberus is in need of a new toy to play with. The last soul he had didn’t entertain him very long. Maybe you will last a bit longer,” With a snap of his fingers Dustin was no longer with us. We could hear his screams though.
“Beth, sweetie. I am so sorry you had to hear all of that. You didn’t and don’t deserve a man like that to be your father.” Sierra said as she came up to me and gave me a hug.
I returned her hug and said, “It’s alright Sierra. It is nothing that I didn’t already know, but it was freeing to be able to say piece to him. It was freeing in a way and now I can move on with my life. Well my afterlife I guess now that I am dead.” My voice drifted off at the end when reality finally hit me. Now I realize why this place looked familiar. I am in the Underworld.
I truly am dead.
“About that.” Zeus said, bringing my attention to him.