The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 51: Chapter 51

“What the hell happened!” Roman yelled.
Beth turned around and pointed to the bottle in her hand and said, “This was not a truth potion. It was a poison. Who administered the potion to him?”
The men all looked towards Dimitri. He was the one to grab the bottle and administer it to Boris. Dimitri as always had no emotion on his face. He said, “I did. I grabbed it from the shelf where we had been grabbing all the others.”
Beth eyed him suspiciously. There was something off about Dimitri and she just couldn’t put her finger on it. He didn’t seem like himself. ‘I think you are on to something Beth. I sense there’s something there too. Just under the surface. His scent is his, but then there is a slight undertone to it. Something that is not his. It is subtle and I doubt anyone else can pick it up.’ Harmony said.
Beth waved her hand in front of Dimitri doing an unmasking spell to see if maybe it would help. To everyone’s surprise Dimitri’s face changed and standing in front of them is one of the nobles. Lord Dexter to be exact. Dexter knew his cover was blown and he tried to run away but he found he couldn’t move. He looked towards the people in the dungeon and knew he was caught. He tried to move his arms and hands, but nothing was working. He was hoping to get to the other bottle in his pocket to get him out of this, but it was no use. He was magically bound.
Beth out of instinct cast the same spell on everyone in the room. To her relief the rest of the men were who they were supposed to be. She turned to the women and hoped that her feelings were wrong. She cast the same spell and much to her horror her mother’s face changed into that of a young servant. Beth was shocked to realize it was Anna, the girl she met in her hospital room. Why on earth would she be helping the bad guys? Beth tried to read into their minds but something was blocking her.
“Where is my brother?” Alexi tried to sound restrained when he asked, but the snarl fell from his lips without his control. Lord Baxter snickered and said, “In hell where he belongs with his w***e!”
Ethan grabbed Alexi to hold him back. What he didn’t anticipate was his other mate’s reaction. Beth half shifted into Harmony and lunged for Lord Dexter. She grabbed him by his throat and pinned him to the wall. She let out a loud fearsome growl right into the man’s face. It stunned them all when they saw the front of the man’s pants become wet and the strong smell of urine was in the air.
“Where is my mother and do NOT lie to me?” Beth and Harmony said in unison. The sound was both ethereal and scary at the same time.
Ethan couldn’t help his arousal spiking at watching his mate be the badass that he knew she could be. Alexi, although worried for his brother and Beth’s mother too, felt his arousal spike at watching his beloved manhandle the bastard.
“Th..the pan..pant..pantry..In..th..the dung.dungeon kitc..kitchen,” Lord Dexter wheezed out as best he could between the grip Beth had on his neck and also from his fear.
Beth turned her head towards Roman and Alexander and said, “Go check and report back before I accidentally forget to let loose of his neck.”
Roman and Alexander both jumped and started to head towards the dungeon’s kitchen to follow Beth’s orders. They were both shocked at the command she gave and the fact that they felt the need to follow it even if they didn’t want to leave the situation. Alexander was cautious of it and a little fearful of what it meant, while on the other hand Roman was filled with pride that she had that much power to command even the King of Vampires.
When they arrived into the kitchen they could smell blood. They ran to the pantry and opened the door to find Erica and Dimitri laying face down. They went to them and flipped their bodies over and their fears were confirmed. Erica had her throat slit and Dimitri had a stake in his heart. His skin was a pale gray color showing that he had been dead for a while. With heavy hearts they picked up both of them and carried them back to the group. They were worried about how Beth and Alexi would react to seeing them this way.
Roman had tears in his eyes as he carried his adopted son in his arms as his father carried his granddaughter. When they entered the room where everyone else was there was silence for just a moment before they could hear the screams of both Dexter and Anna. They were both down on the floor writhing in pain. Beth tore her gaze away from her mother’s body and collapsed into Ethan and Alexi’s arms. Alexi was beyond angry when he realized what happened. His brother and his beloved were murdered so that these two creatures could infiltrate their group.
The question on all of their grief stricken minds was when did they have the opportunity to do this and how had they not noticed.
“Check their pockets and put them in the cells. We need to take a break and gather ourselves after this tragedy.” Alexander said, trying to work past his own grief.
Beth pulled herself from her mates, wiped her eyes free of her tears, and took a steadying breath and said, “No. We will finish this now before anyone has a chance to help them again. I want to know how they were able to do it, and when.”
Alexander nodded knowing that she could just command them all anyway and said, “Very well. Let’s start with Anna. She seems like she would be easier to get answers from.”
Jessica roughly grabbed Anna off the floor and placed her into a chair. She tied the girl’s hands behind her and checked each of her pockets to make sure there was nothing for her to use to kill herself. Once she was satisfied after checking everywhere she could think of she nodded towards Beth.
Beth entered the room and sat down in the chair that was brought in for her. She looked at Anna and couldn’t believe that in just a matter of days she was helping the very people she thought killed her parents. Beth let her mind clear and tried to concentrate on Anna’s mind and felt a barrier there. Not very strong and she knew she could get through it so she pushed a little harder. Then she felt a snap in the girl’s mind and she was through the barrier and all sorts of thoughts came rushing at her. She was overwhelmed for a minute until Harmony said, “Imagine it like a tree that has several branches. Imagine that each branch holds a specific memory. Find the branch for the time she left the hospital room. Something tells me that she was approached after that.”
Beth followed Harmony’s instructions and found the memory she was looking for much easier. She watched as Anna left the hospital room and was approached by Lord Dexter and dragged away. She saw him take her to a secluded room and she decided to skip past the activities that transpired. She had no wish to see that. She skipped ahead a bit and watched as Lord Dexter promised Anna a title if she helped him do something and Anna being the naive girl that she is, agreed. She watched as Anna was given a vial that had a transformation potion in it. She watched as Dimitri and Erica were ambushed when they arrived back to their rooms the night of the ball. Beth was horrified as she saw her mother’s and Dimitri’s deaths.
Beth had seen enough and pulled out of Anna’s mind. She looked at the young girl she tried to befriend and was nothing but a greedy woman. She gave the girl a chance to change her ways, but she didn’t take it. With a heavy heart Beth stood up and said a prayer to the gods and sliced her claws across her neck as Anna had done to Erica with no remorse.
Beth looked to the others and explained what she had seen. After her recount of Anna’s memories. They removed Anna’s body and retrieved Dexter and placed him in the chair next. Ethan and Alexi both checked the man for any weapons or vials and they found quite a few. After they checked everywhere and were satisfied he had nothing left his interrogation began.
“I don’t have the energy to go through his mind as I did Anna’s so you will have to try the truth serum.” Beth said tiredly.
Roman nodded and administered the serum and they waited. Sandra stepped forward and waved her hand in front of Dexter saying an incantation and after a few minutes she stopped and said, “The potion is ready. He had a blocker from a low level witch. I assume to help prevent situations such as this.”
“Who are you working for?” Alexander demanded.
Dexter tried to keep his mouth closed but was unsuccessful and started to speak. He was horrified by everything he was saying. “I was approached by Queen Natasha’s father centuries ago. He was in charge of the vampire group of the sect. He offered me lands and more women than I would know what to do with. I was more than willing to do anything to gain more power. I have dedicated my life to them. We will get what we want. We are close to getting the key. You will not stop us.”
“Who is in charge of the whole organization?” Roman demanded.
“I don’t know. I have never met them. They keep themselves hidden. We do know that the person in charge has changed over the centuries, but the mission has still been the same.” Dexter said.
“Who else in my kingdom is a part of this organization? I want names,” Roman demanded and again Dexter was unable to refuse to answer and started to list off all of the names.
They were actually surprised how few names were on this list. It seems that their recruitment hadn’t been as successful as the sect had hoped it would. They continued to ask questions, but received the same answers as the guards had given. They were finished with him and Alexi was more than happy to take the stake that was in his brother’s heart and ram it into Dexter’s chest the same way it was done to Dimitri.
After they were sure Dexter was dead they left the dungeon. They all had heavy hearts and Beth couldn’t take it anymore and started to sob. Her mother, the one person who has always been by her side, was gone. What was she going to do when she had questions about her babies, or if she needed advice on her mates?
Alexi was just as devastated by Dimitri’s death. His brother had been by his side for centuries. Protected him until Roman found them. How was he going to live without his brother by his side? He vowed to make them all pay for this. He had even more determination now to end the sect once and for all.