The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 97: Chapter 97

Beth’s POV
We rushed back to the apartment and into the nursery and what I saw broke my heart. My precious boy was stuck in a feral state in his wolf form. I stood there shocked for a minute or two and I noticed that Timber’s head was moving from side to side slower and then he ran towards me. My mates were ready to stand in the way but I told them not to. I knew that Timber was back with us. The feral look was out of his eyes. I grabbed a hold of Timbers furry face and stared into his eyes. I used my magic to see what happened so that I knew what questions to ask him. I may be able to discern everything from his memory, but I need him to learn to tell us what has happened to him so that he can do it in the future if I am not around.
When I saw what had transpired I knew then that what I had seen was a premonition and no nightmare. That worries me and I know once my mates find out that they will worry more than they already are. I felt the tears building in my eyes. My poor pup had to see that. No wonder he was going feral. What person could watch their mom die and not be affected by it. I gather Timber to my chest and snuggle him close to try and comfort him and myself. I felt Link shifting back to his human form and the first thing he says to me breaks my heart. My poor baby thinks he did something wrong.
“Oh baby, I am just thankful that you are ok. You aren’t in trouble buddy. Let’s get you dressed and let Grandma and Daddies take care of the babies ok. Then when you are all dressed we can all sit in the living room and talk about what happened ok?” I answered my son’s apology.
He still looks like he has his tail tucked between his legs, but he nods and trudges past everyone to his room. I follow behind him and send a quick link to my mates and say, ‘It’s ok. We just have a bigger problem than we originally thought we did with Baxter. Link had a similar experience as I did, but I think it was Esmerelda who was the catalyst.’
I cut the link knowing that they would have more questions than I have answers to right now. I want to help my son get cleaned up so that we can all sit down and talk about what happened and what led to it happening. Sandra and I will have to sit down and discuss what to do about Esme.
I gathered up some clothes for Link after I ushered him into the bathroom to take a quick shower to clean up from shifting. He may not have gone on a run or anything, but it does take a lot of energy and most times you are covered in sweat when you shift back to human form. I sit on his bed waiting patiently for him to come out of the bathroom. As soon as the door opens I watch him walk out with his head hanging low. My poor baby still thinks he is in trouble.
I help Link finish drying off and help him get dressed. After I get his last article of clothing on I pull him into a hug. I cuddled him to my chest for a few minutes just enjoying having my son in my arms. I felt his tears start to soak my shirt and I just cooed and tried to offer as much comfort as I could to him.
After a few minutes he started to calm down enough that I could move his face to look into my eyes and I hoped all he could see was the love I have for him and then I said, “You are not in trouble sweetheart. I am very proud of how you handled that situation. You are not in trouble. Ok? Let me hear you say it, Link.”
He sniffles a little bit and rubs the tears from his face and he repeats in a quiet whisper, “I am not in trouble.”
“A little louder baby. I didn’t hear you.” I said to him with a smile on my face.
A little louder he says it again. I repeat for him to say it louder. This time when he says it he completely straightens up and says it louder and with conviction.
I had a big smile on my face now and then said, “Now lets dry our face and go out there and explain what happened. I know it is hard to put all of what happened into words, but I need you to explain to your daddies and grandmas and aunt what happened ok?”
Link nodded but said, “Can’t you just show them mama? I don’t think I want to talk about it.”
“I know sweetheart, it’s going to be hard to talk about, but you need to learn how to do it yourself. I won’t always be able to help you with these kinds of things. I will be beside you and help you out when you need it, but you need to be able to tell people in your own words what happened ok?” I said to him gently as I explained why he had to tell everyone instead of me showing them.
He nodded his head, but he looked like the idea of talking about this was the last thing he wanted to do. I grab his hand and squeeze it gently to offer him some silent support. I smiled down at him when he looked up at me and we both headed out the door for the living room. By the time we got there everyone was seated around and Roman, Blaze, and Alexander were there too. Blaze was looking rather angry and I heard a snarl come from him towards Link.
My head shot towards him and I said, “If you value the opportunity to see your mate have your child I suggest you stop snarling at my pup.”
Blaze to his credit looked repentant for snarling and said, “Sorry my beast is just angry that the young pup was growling and snarling at our breeding mate.”
I bring Link with me to sit on my lap as I sit between his daddies. Both Ethan and Alexi placed a hand on Link’s shoulders to offer him silent support as well. I cleared my throat and said, “Speaking of which. Link is going to explain what happened. I will then show everyone what transpired from Link’s perspective. Link honey, go ahead and tell everyone what you remember.”
Link did an amazing job at explaining what he could remember. There were a few things that I had to help him with, but considering how old he is he did amazingly. I was so proud of him. His voice hitched a little when he got to the part about where I was stabbed, but he didn’t let his tears fall until he said that the bad man was taking his Esme away. Everyone was silent and listening to Link as he told his side of events.
“…And then mommy and daddies showed up. That’s all I remember.” Link said and then he looked up at me and I smiled and nodded to him.
“Now I will show you what happened. Link covered it all pretty well, but it is also nice to get the added perspective.” I said and then proceeded to show everyone what I saw from Link’s memories and then showed them what I had hoped was a nightmare but wasn’t.
“So Esmerelda was the catalyst for him seeing what he did. I don’t ever remember hearing about a witch who could access their powers so young. Usually powers don’t manifest until a child is around five or six years old. Also the connection between Link and Esmerelda is odd.” Sandra said.
“Could it be a mate bond that they sense?” Alexi asked and Ethan nodded his head thinking the same thing.
“I don’t think it is. It doesn’t seem like a mate bond. I think it is more of a guardian type situation. I will have to look into the history books. I recall hearing something similar to this happening in the past, but I can’t remember it all or why it was so.” Sandra answered Alexi’s question.
“I agree with Sandra. Also Esmerelda already has a fated mate and we know who it is, just we don’t know who it is. I know that doesn’t make sense at all, but unless Link is the Fallen One then it isn’t a mate bond. I think Sandra is right. It has more of a guardian feel to it. Like he is a protector to her or something. I am not sure how else to explain it. Sandra, if you would like I can help you go through the books. We can have them brought to the pack so that we can continue to research there.”
Sandra smiled at me and said, “Of course. And it is Grandma, not Sandra, young lady.”
I laughed and said, “My apologies. I will try to remember that next time. It is going to take some time to get used to you know.”
“Then I will just have to help remind you then,” Sandra said with a mischievous look in her eyes. I gulped and wondered what it was that she would do to help me remember.
“So I guess it is safe to assume that your nightmare was not a nightmare, but a vision of things to come?” Ethan said a little worriedly.
“It seems so. The beauty of premonitions is that it is the universe giving you the ability to change the circumstances that lead to it and therefore change the outcome. It isn’t set in stone yet. Already what Beth saw and what Esmerelda saw have a change in them. It isn’t much of a change, but it is still a change.” Sandra said.
“So we need to find out what we need to change to make it not happen then.”Ethan says as if it was something simple. “Ethan baby, I don’t think it is that simple. I think we need to keep to the course we are going. I still have the last mission to do for the Lycans. We are also moving to the pack so that should change some of the outcome as well. We will just have to play it by ear and hope that in the meantime I get another vision and can see if what we do changes things or not. We can’t live in fear of this vision. We have to keep fighting and doing what we are no matter the outcome.”
I heard two growls coming from either side of me, but I ignored them. I pointedly looked at each of them and they both stopped growling and bent their heads down. Feeling proud that I have effectively learned “the look” I turned to the rest of the people in the room and said, “Speaking of, we should all pack and get ready to go. The witch didn’t know anything. There was a magical block on her memory, but I got through that. However, there was a spell in place and anything that has to do with the sect is wiped from her memory and I can’t get it back unfortunately.”
“Ok. That settles it then. We should all get packed so that we can all head to the pack this afternoon. Let’s say after lunch. Gives everyone a chance to get their belongings together, and then we can all eat lunch together before we say our goodbyes.” Alexander said.
Everyone agreed and all went our separate ways. I didn’t bother packing a lot of the baby’s items because I know that Martha has a duplicate of almost everything they have here. I help Link pack up his favorite toys and some clothes. Then I go into our bedroom and start to pack some of my belongings as well. I don’t want to take everything with us because I know that we will be back again. I just don’t think that we will ever live here permanently.
We were all ready to go after lunch and Alexi and Ethan carried all our baggage to the dining room and laid it against the wall out of the way. Everyone else had done the same. Lunch was uneventful, but full of love and some sadness. I would miss Roman so much. He feels like a father to me. One that I realize I never really had. We all gave hugs and said our goodbyes. I opened a portal when we were ready and walked through. We were back at the Blue Moon pack house.