The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 50: Chapter 50

Third Person POV
Meanwhile back at the castle the men were heading down to the dungeons to interrogate the prisoners. Alexander wanted to start with one of his men who he had seen was of a lighter shade. So they started with him. They administered the truth serum and waited for the full effects to kick in. Then they dragged the man to the interrogation room and began to question him.
“Were you a loyalist of Natasha?” Alexander asked.
“No my lord. I was not a follower of the late queen. She was totally crazy.” Orin spoke with conviction.
“Where do your loyalties lie?” Roman asked.
Orin started to shift in his seat. He looked nervous and wouldn’t meet Roman’s eye. Roman asked again with more force behind his words. Orin gulped and said, “With Alexander my king. While you have been a good king my loyalties will always lie with your father.”
Roman wasn’t as upset about his answer as Orin would have thought so he continued, “I was approached by Lord Dexter a few months ago. He said that there was going to be a change in the leadership and that Natasha and Alexander would be king and queen again. I wasn’t sure what he was talking about so I asked more questions. It seems there is a group of people who are searching for the key to unlocking the lycan race from their prison, and if they had the key then they could control the army and take over the kingdom. I wasn’t too keen on the mutiny of it all and I declined their offer to join them. I knew at the time that Alexander was still mad so it was really Natasha who would be in charge and I wasn’t about to jump at the chance for that again. It was bad enough when Alexander had his mental capabilities, and I didn’t want to chance what it would be like with her running the show completely.”
Alexander was thoughtful for a moment. Lord Dexter was not at the ball the other night so he was probably locked safely away in his family home none the wiser of what has befallen Natasha. If he was actively recruiting for this sect, maybe he will know who is actually behind all of this and we can cut the head off the snake and the rest will surely follow.
“Thank you, my old friend. Tell me, do you know who else among the castle guards is a part of this organization?” Alexander asked Orin.
“I’m sorry my Lord, I do not. I can say that not all have been approached though. I believe they were targeting the older generations rather than the younger. The younger generations are completely loyal to King Roman. They were all heartbroken when Lady Esmerelda was kidnapped. They still mourn her loss.” Orin replied.
“Thank you. That is all we need to ask you. I do have one request though, and that is that you remain silent about what has been said here today. We are going to question everyone in the dungeons, and then move on to the guests of the ball. We don’t want anyone to try and find a way to counteract the truth potion.” Roman said.
Orin nodded his agreement and was then taken out of the interrogation room and out of the dungeon. Roman was thinking about what Orin had said about the younger generation being completely loyal to him and wondered how many of the older generation felt the same as Orin. He doesn’t mind that there are people still loyal to his father. To him it means that his father was a great man, something he already knew. He was brought out of his thoughts when the next guard was brought in. They continued this process and got much the same answer as Orin. They are now going to start on the darker auras. They knew these men would have different answers just because of the shade of their auras.
The first few they interrogated only had the same basic information as Orin and the others except they accepted the offer. Some even dared to spit towards Roman and say he was a disgrace by wanting a human to be their queen, and to pine away for a woman that was not worthy of him in the first place.
The last man to be brought in was one of Roman’s personal guards appointed to him by his father. He remembers Boris being with him since he was a small child, and it pains him to know that a man he had once considered his protector and friend has turned against him. With a heavy sigh he entered the room and administered the truth serum and waited for it to take effect.
They all entered the room and Boris was the first to speak, “My king, what is the meaning of this? What have I done to be treated like a criminal?”
Alexi laughed and said, “You have no idea why you are here? Are you sure of that, Boris? How about the key and the Lycan army? Does that ring a bell in your mind?”
Boris was surprised that they knew about that. Then he smirked because now he doesn’t have to pretend to be loyal to that bastard Roman anymore. He was never fond of the boy and on many occasions as his guard he wanted to just kill him. There was something about Roman that struck a nerve with him. He wasn’t sure exactly what it was until the ball and he learned that Sandra, a lowly servant, was actually his mother and not Queen Natasha. Then he realized he always knew that Roman was not a true king. How could he be, being the love child of Alexander’s mistress. It was laughable really.” Finally I don’t have to pretend to like your pathetic self anymore. Always crying over Esmerelda. That b***h got what she deserved and I was more than happy to assist Queen Natasha in disposing of her and that half breed b***h of a child.” Roman couldn’t contain his anger and he rushed to Boris and started to throw punches one after the other into Boris’ face and upper torso. By the time the other men were able to pull Roman off of him Boris was bloodied and almost unrecognizable. Roman threw their hands off of him and walked away into a corner of the room where he just squatted down and took deep breaths to calm himself. He knew if he didn’t that he would kill him before they even got the information they needed from him.
“Who is behind your organization?” Alexi demanded.
“f**k you! I don’t have to answer any of your questions.” Boris said as best he could through his broken jaw.
That puzzled all of them. Did the truth serum not work? It worked on all of them didn’t it? Alexander motioned for them all to leave the room for a moment so they could have a chat. Once they were all out of the room and the door closed Alexander said, “I have a feeling this is not going to be as cut and dry as we would have hoped.”
“I agree. My wolf is going crazy in my mind saying this was all too easy. We have to be missing something.” Ethan replied.
“I don’t think the serum is working on Boris. He should have answered my question without thought.” Alexi said. Just then they all hear the door to the dungeons being opened and all of the ladies have descended the stairs to rejoin them. Ethan and Alexi rush over to Beth to help her carry the box that was in her arms. Neither one of them was happy that the other ladies allowed Beth to carry such an encumbrance in her condition. The ladies looked at the men’s faces and knew something was not right.
“What happened? Why such long faces?” Beth asked.
“Baby, we think that something is amiss with the truth serum. The last man we administered it to isn’t answering our questions. Now we don’t know if the others were being truthful or not. Though they did all give similar responses based on their aura colors. Could it just be a bad potion?” Ethan replied to Beth’s question.
“Hmm. Let me see the bottle that the serum was in. I want to make sure that nothing was tampered with.” Sandra said.
They handed her the bottle and she looked at it and analyzed the contents left in the bottle. Beth also went over to examine the bottle, and both women gasped and ran to the interrogation room without saying anything. They all rushed behind them and when they entered the room they saw Boris. His eyes were lifeless as a black sludge fell from his parted lips.