The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 83: Chapter 83

Beths POV
I waited for a few moments after knocking on the door. I didn’t hear any movement in the cabin, but I could sense there was a presence in the home. I waited another minute before I knocked on the door again this time a little louder. Still nothing.
‘Harmony? Do you feel like something is not quite right?’
‘I feel something little one. I can’t say whether it is bad or good. This place messes with my senses. Look around the outside and see if we can figure out what is going on. There has to be something around her messing with us. I didn’t feel this way until we walked inside the gate.’
I nodded my head because that made sense. I felt fine before we walked through that gate. I hope whatever it is wasn’t something Sierra purposefully put here. It would make getting her to agree to help a whole lot harder than it already was going to be. I walked away from the door and started by the gate. I looked at all of the pretty wildflowers that grew along the fence. There was honeysuckle and wisteria and some I didn’t know the names of. I kept looking and I couldn’t find anything that would affect me growing in the yard anywhere.
With Harmony’s encouragement I started to lift little things here and there to see if maybe there was something hidden. Like a spell pouch or something along those lines. The longer I looked I became tired feeling like something was sapping my energy away. I knew now more than ever that there was some type of foul magic at play. I started to toss things around frantically searching for whatever it was.
“I can’t find anything Harmony! What do I do?’ I couldn’t help my panic because I felt my body slowly starting to slump. I felt like I could barely move a single finger let alone keep searching for something that I just couldn’t find.
‘Hold on a little longer little one. There by the door, you haven’t looked there yet. Hurry Beth.’
me.
Harmony tried to encourage
I forced myself onto my hands and knees and slowly crawled to the door. As soon as I reached back to the door I just couldn’t move anymore. I collapsed on the ground and rested my head as I looked around with my eyes. I felt like I couldn’t even move my head an inch. I was just starting to feel like it was all hopeless when I saw from the corner of my eye a small black bag. I tried to lift my arm so I could reach out to grab it. It was within my reach I just couldn’t find the energy to lift a finger let alone my whole arm.
‘Try one more time Beth when I say. I will force the rest of my strength to you to grab it and destroy it. Afterwards I will have to rest for a while to replenish my energy.’
‘Ok. Hurry Harmony. I don’t know how much longer I can keep my eyes open’ I was already feeling my eyes droop closed when I felt a sudden rush of energy and Harmony yelling at me to move now. I quickly lifted my arm and grabbed the pouch. I could feel the evil just leeching off of it. I mustered up the last of my energy and set the bag aflame. It didn’t take but a second and there was nothing but ash left in my hand.
As soon as the magic pouch was gone I could feel my energy slowly slipping back into me. I could feel Harmony was also getting her energy back as well. I was thankful for that. After about five minutes I felt that I could finally stand up on my own. I climbed to my feet and leaned up against the door and no sooner did I catch my breath did that door open and I felt myself falling backwards and landing on the floor.
“I am so sorry! I didn’t realize there was anyone out here. Are you ok?” A calming voice came from above me.
“I’m fine. How are you? There was a black magic pouch hidden by your door. It was sapping my energy and I can only imagine how it was for you being around it longer than I was.” I replied to her.
“That’s what that was? I thought I was just really tired all of the sudden. Who in the Underworld would want to do that to me?” The lovely woman with the calming voice said with confusion.
“I don’t know but I am going to find out. By the way my name is Beth.” I said as I put my hand out for her to shake. The moment her hand touched mine I felt a familial connection. It was very strange having this sense of familiarity with a complete stranger.
“Sierra. I guess that makes you one of my descendents. Took you long enough to get here, you know.” Sierra said as she shook my hand with a smile on her face.
I couldn’t help the tiny giggle that left my lips as I said, “Sorry about that. Not something I could really control. So I gather you know why I am here then?” I asked.
She smiled at me and said, “Come on, let’s take a seat. I have a feeling this visit is going to take some time.” Sierra led me to a couch and she took a seat in a rocking chair by the window across from me.
“To answer your question Beth yes, I know what you are here for. However, I am not sure if I am ready to give you what you seek. It is not that I don’t have forgiveness to give or that I won’t give my tears out, but I need to make sure that you are not going to repeat the mistakes of the past. So if you would not mind spending some time with me I will be able to assess if you are worthy enough. So will you stay for a bit or?” Sierra said.
I thought over what she said. She is willing to forgive and give her tears. The only thing she is asking for in return is to spend some time with her so she can assure the past isn’t repeated. I can understand her motives and don’t fault her for anything. I was just hoping to make this quick so that I could get back to my babies. I feel like I have been away from them for more than just a few hours. I sighed inwardly.
“I can stay for a small amount of time. I can appreciate that you want to make sure the past doesn’t repeat. How long are you thinking because I will be honest I don’t want to be in the Underworld for very long. I left my mates and newborn pups for this journey. Also my four year old adopted son. It isn’t anything against you or anything because I think it is so cool to be able to talk to one of my oldest descendants and not one of the gods that I am descended from.” I said.
Sierra had a bright smile on her face when I mentioned my pups. “That is more than understandable Beth. I know it took a lot for you to separate yourself from your newborns to go on this quest. I am so sorry that you are having to deal with all of this mess. It shouldn’t take more than a few days and you will be back to your pups soon so long as you are honest and truthful with me. I promise you that. So let’s talk a bit about you and your life. I want to hear about it all so please don’t leave anything out.” Sierra said.
Beth took a deep breath and started to talk about her childhood from the time she could remember. I could tell that some of it was hard for her to hear and I had to explain a few more modern terms to her. It took almost the whole day to just get up to the last year or so.
“My goodness. That makes my heart hurt for you and your mother. Your father should have been there for you and not this other woman. It sounds like you and your mother’s past wasn’t so different from mine and my Fenrir. Let’s stop here for today. Hades has sent an escort for you to make it back to the palace and you will stay there. Come over first thing in the morning and we can have breakfast while you tell me about your mate and pups.” Sierra said.
I was thankful for that. As much as I want to get this over with, I was exhausted and don’t think that I could keep talking much longer tonight. Dredging up my past was a lot more tiring than I thought it would be.