The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 88: Chapter 88

Third Person POV
Beth waited patiently for someone to answer her. When she came back from her spirit quest she felt the tension in the room. She knew something wasn’t right and as soon as she opened her eyes she saw a small wolf pup laying on the ground taking shallow breaths. It didn’t take a genius to realize that pup was Link and her baby was in trouble. Beth didn’t even think she just reacted as she teleported in front of Link when she saw an energy ball going towards his imobile body. Her wrath was a little more than she expected from herself, but then again no one messes with a mama wolf and her pups.
“Well? Do I have to go mind searching to find out why MY pup almost died! I better get some answers soon or..” Beth said as she was getting worked up again when images of that energy ball racing towards her son. She felt a few tears fall from her eyes as she said, “If I wouldn’t have gotten here when I did…I can’t lose them. I can’t lose my pups.”
Little hands came up to Beth’s cheeks and tried to wipe the tears off of them to no avail. More just replaced the ones he tried to wipe off. Link’s heart hurt watching his mamma cry. He wanted to see her smile that made her look like the angel she is to him. He wrapped his arms around Beth and said, “I’m sorry I got hurt, mamma. That mean lady was trying to get to my brothers and sister. I couldn’t let her hurt them. Daddy Ethan said my job was to stay with them and protect them. I didn’t want to let him down. I wanted to make sure I did a good job so I could stay with you. I didn’t want to leave so I prayed real hard when the mean lady came towards the crib. I heard a whisper in my mind that said all will be ok and to listen to Timber. The next thing Timber came forward and said to sit back and let him take it from there. So I watched as Timber took over my body and I became a wolf like you mommy. Timber was really mean to her. He tore up her face and then the mean lady threw us. The last thing I remember was grandpa Ares’ voice telling me it was ok and I could rest because everything was ok now and I did a good job. Did I do good enough to stay mommy?” Link’s bottom lip quivered when he was finished. He held his breath waiting to hear if he did a good enough job to stay.
“Buddy, you don’t have to prove anything to us. We love you whether you succeed or not. You are still our son and nothing is ever going to change that.” Ethan said as he rubbed Link’s back. He felt awful that his son had put so much pressure on himself because he thought they would toss him away. His heart broke a little feeling like he hadn’t done enough to show Link that he was loved and a valued member of their family.
“Daddy Ethan is right, little man. When we took you in you became stuck with us for life and beyond. There is no force on this earth that could take you away from us or make us leave you. You’re ours and we will try harder to make sure you know that son. We love you Link.” Alexi said as he too rubbed soothing circles onto Link’s little back to try and comfort him. He vowed to make sure from now on that Link will never feel this way again if he could help it.
“My sweet precious boy. There is no force on this earth or beyond that will take you away from me. You are my son and I promise Daddy Ethan and Daddy Alexi and I will always love you. You are just as much our son as Ares and Dimitri are. Do you understand that?” Beth waited to continue until after Link nodded his head in agreement. Once he nodded his head she continued, “Grandpa Ares was right. You did a good job at protecting your brothers and sister. I don’t think anyone else could have done better. Promise me though that you will not go putting yourself in danger like that if you can help it. Mommy couldn’t bear to see anything hurt you. You want to know a secret. Mommy was really scared when I woke up and saw you laying on the floor not moving. I thought my heart stopped. I am so thankful that you are safe in my arms where you belong. You and Timber are just as much ours. Remember that ok?”
Link felt something he hadn’t felt before and that was total acceptance. He didn’t realize it until now but he and Timber have been wanting to be accepted for who they are for a very long time. Even with his first mommy he didn’t feel like he was fully accepted. She loved him, he knew that, but there was just this feeling deep inside of him that if he was better she would have stayed around longer for him. She wouldn’t have left him if he was stronger. To hear his new mommy and daddies say that he was enough caused something in him to open up and bloom. He felt stronger and he felt different, but he still felt the same too. He wasn’t sure what happened because all he cared about was that he had a family that loved him and didn’t want to send him away.
Link wrapped his arms around his parents and simply said, “I love you.”
There was not a dry eye in the room. Roman, Alexander, Sandra, and Erica stood by watching the little moment the family was having. They all vowed silently to make sure that Link knew that he was special to all of them too. It was so sad for all of them to think that Link was feeling this way this whole time. He was such a remarkable little boy and they all fell in love with him instantly.
“Get that witch into the cells and make sure she stays alive. Check her for the capsule as well. We need to get as much information from her as possible. Were there any other prisoners or did they all get killed?” Roman ordered.
“I believe she is the only one left alive. Though I would say barely left alive for her. Beth and Timber did a number on her. It’s a good thing Beth dealt with her or I probably would have killed her for attempting to use her magic to kill my grandson.” Sandra said.
“They came out of nowhere. How did the guards not catch them coming into the castle? It was quiet and then all of a sudden there was the commotion out in the hallway. Do we have another mole in the castle? I thought we weeded them all out?” Erica said.
“No. There isn’t another mole in the castle. I believe it was someone else on the outside. I am sure we didn’t get everyone, but we will find out what happened soon. I can’t read the witch’s mind so they must have found a way to get around my magic somehow.” Beth said joining the conversation. She was trying to think of anything that could block her magic and she was coming up with a blank. She was exhausted. Even though her body was resting in the mortal realm her soul was ripped from her body for almost a day so it took its toll on her. Not to mention everything that happened in the spirit realm. She needed to rest and recoup some of her energy so she could focus better.
Three little cries rang out in the room and all the adults turned their attention to the crib where the triplets were. It was feeding time for the babies. After they were changed and fed they laid the pups back down to sleep. Link asked if he could stay in the nursery with his siblings and Beth said he could. Ethan brought in Link’s mattress and laid it on the floor after Alexi, Alexander, and Roman removed the bodies from the room. Beth and Sandra pooled their magic together to clean all remnants of the fight from the room making it look as if there was never a battle waged in there.
After all the children were laid down to sleep the adults made their way to the living room of the suite and took seats on the various furniture. They waited patiently to hear what happened in the spirit realm.
“I know you all want to know what happened. The most important thing is that I got the tears from Sierra and her forgiveness. Honestly right now I just want to go to sleep in my mate’s arms.” Beth said and her statement was punctuated with a large yawn that made everyone else chuckle.
“Ok Darling. We will finish this talk in the morning.” Alexi said.
“Baby, let’s get you to bed.” Ethan said as he lifted Beth into his arms bridal style.
“I hope you guys can show yourselves out. We can meet in the morning and discuss everything at breakfast if that is ok with everyone?” Alexi addressed their family in the room.
“Yes, I think we all need to get some rest. This was a very stressful day for all of us. I think we will all think better in the morning. We can discuss what to do with the witch in the morning as well. We will let her stew overnight. Sandra, I mean mom, can you make sure the wards around the cells are still strong enough to hold the witch?” Roman asked.
He had to quickly correct his mistake after he saw the look on her face when he called her by her first name. Now that he knew she was his mother she wanted to be addressed as such.
Roman didn’t fault her for that either. He knew it would take him some time to get used to calling her mom after calling her Sandra all of his life, but it felt refreshing to call Sandra mom. At least she treated him as her precious child, and not some pawn to get what she wanted like Natasha had.