The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

"Why are you asking me about that?" she asked in alarm before quickly standing up to go look outside the door to be sure no one was within earshot.

Williams looked at her in confusion and wondered why she looked so nervous when he had only asked a question.

"Why are you asking me about that?" she whispered as she returned to sit down very close to him.

"It's an emergency. Please tell me." He said desperately. His maternal side of the family was good at making potions and herbs. So he believed she was the best person who would know about this.

Since their parents already suspected they were trying to help Princess Amber, why not just go ahead and ask her instead of reading through countless books and wasting time?

When she saw how desperate he was, she sighed and nodded.

"There is... one."

Williams sat up immediately, seeing hope.

"Beta's nightmare. That is what it was called."

"Was?" he asked curiously, and she nodded.

"It has stopped existing for over 30 years because of the effect it had on other people. Why are you asking about such a thing?"

Stopped existing?

"Other people? What does that mean?"

"I heard this from my mother. It was made by the former royal physician to help stop the late king's constant headaches and help him sleep well at night. It worked well for Alphas, but it did the opposite for Betas. It made them... crazy. The potion was potent enough to kill Omegas. I don't know about humans."

Williams furrowed his brow when he heard that. Was it possible they were not talking about the same potion here? If they were, it meant Tyra hadn't eaten it. Otherwise, she would be dead by now. But what effect did it have on humans? If it could kill Omegas, was it not the same as it killing humans? How come Princess Amber survived? And how come Princess Tyra was... wait! Damian just said Princess Tyra remembered what had happened. So she hadn't eaten it. That was the only reasonable conclusion.

"Is there an antidote for it? Something that can reverse the effects?"

She shook her head. "None that I can think of. But if the person wills themselves, they may be able to slowly remember. But it would take time. A lot of time."

"Do you know of anyone who took it?"

"It was fine for the late king, but when his eldest son, who was a Beta took it, it made him crazy, and he even attacked the present King, who was his younger brother. Everyone knew he had great animosity for his younger brother, who was born an Alpha while he was a Beta."

Williams' eyes widened when he heard that. He had never heard this story before or about the king's older brother. This began to give him a bad feeling. Was it possible that the same thing happened to Amber? Was the side effect on Alicia the same as Betas and had she truly done it?

"When this happened, the former king had to test the potion on the different people of our kind. Two Omegas died after taking it. The two Betas suffered the same fate as the king's oldest son. So he was not punished for attacking his brother."

"The royal physician. Where is he now?" Williams asked curiously.

She shook her head. "I don't know. I heard he just... disappeared. No one has seen him for over 20 years now."

"He ran away?"

"I don't think so. He was loyal to the present King. They were close allies. He didn't have a reason to run away."

"Then is he dead?"

"I don't know either. Why are you digging into this? I am only letting you know so that you do not ask someone else and get yourself into trouble. I'm not sure you would be forgiven for talking about something like that."

For some reason, Williams believed that they were talking about the same potion. How was the potion still existing now?

Williams stood up immediately. If only the king was present. With Lance's testimony and Princess Amber's, they would believe she was telling the truth, and even if she was guilty, the blame would shift to whoever was still using that potion on people.

"Where are you going to?" his mother yelled after him as he ran out of the chamber.

Immediately after he left, Williams rushed out of the room to go find Susan, since he was certain that she knew whatever was going on and must have heard from Tyra.

Away from there, in Susan's chamber, she sat on her bed and covered her face with her pillow as she sobbed. She had no idea what else to do.

She had thought she was helping, but it seemed like she had just made things worse. With Princess Tyra's testimony, Princess Amber was likely to be sentenced immediately.

She didn't know whether to believe Princess Tyra or stand by Princess Amber. She had known Princess Tyra longer than she had known Princess Amber and she didn't want to believe that Princess Tyra would lie about something like this knowing that Princess Amber's life was lying in the balance.

At the same time, she also had reasons to believe Princess Amber, especially after hearing from Lance about the biscuits and seeing how Princess Amber could not seem to remember anything that had happened that day.

Regardless of Princess Tyra's testimony, Susan still thought that it didn't make sense. It didn't make sense that one human had overpowered two werewolves. A strong Beta like Beth, and also Tyra. How could anyone believe this story?

Was it possible that the Queen or someone else had threatened Princess Tyra to testify that Princess Amber was responsible for everything?

Susan raised her hand when a single knock sounded on her door, and she wiped her tears immediately. "Come in," she said, knowing it was Williams.

Immediately Williams walked into the chamber and saw her face, he knew that something was wrong and that whatever Princess Tyra had said wasn't going to help their cause.

"What is wrong? I heard that Princess Tyra has regained her memory," he said, and immediately Susan broke into a sob.

Williams watched her without saying a word, as he seemed to already know the answer.