The Cursed Prince's Strange Bride

​ After Susan was able to escape from Lance, she made her way to Princess Tyra's chamber to check on her and find out how she was doing.

As she went there, she thought about what Harold had said about Princess Amber being innocent, and she couldn't help the frown that creased her brows at the thought.

Would it be wise to ask Princess Tyra about it again? Perhaps now that Prince Harold was awake and there was no pressure on her anymore, she would be able to tell the truth? Susan mused.

If their suspicion was true, and Princess Amber had been fed the Beta's nightmare, then did that mean that it had been given to her to kill her? What exactly had been the plan? Susan wondered as she knocked on Tyra's door, and without waiting for Tyra to respond, she walked into the chamber.

She was surprised when she found Tyra sitting on her bed with her head bowed and her chin resting on her drawn-up knees.

Tyra lifted her teary eyes to the door when it opened, and when she saw it was Susan, she began to cry.

Susan hurried to Tyra's bedside and looked at her with concerned eyes.

"What is wrong? Why are you crying?" Susan asked as she embraced her, trying her hardest not to hurt her already injured hand that was now wrapped with a piece of cloth.

"Prince Harold doesn't believe me. I can tell. I don't know how to make you all believe me," Tyra cried, and Susan frowned as she consoled her.

Did that mean that Tyra was insisting that Princess Amber had hurt her? And she hadn't been forced to say so?

Not hearing anything from Susan, Tyra pulled back and looked into her face, "I would never lie against Princess Amber, or try to hurt her in any way. She is not only my friend, but she is also Prince Harold's wife, and I care about my brother's happiness. I swear on my life." Tyra said desperately wanting Susan to believe her.

"Can you tell me what happened that night?" Susan asked her, and when Tyra gave her a nod, Susan looked into her eyes and said, "Swear on your life that you will tell me the truth."

"I swear on my life!" Tyra swore immediately and she began to narrate what had happened that night to Susan.

She had been feeling sick. According to Tyra, she was having a tough battle with her wolf since it was the full moon and her wolf wanted to shift desperately since it was the year she had turned 18 and was supposed to join the hunt. Susan would also bear witness that her Omega smell had been everywhere that evening, that even Damon had asked her to cover it up.

So she stayed back that evening, with Prince Harold's permission. The maid had also pleaded with her to let her serve her, and she couldn't say no. Besides, she needed someone with her.

She was just about to go to sleep when she heard a scream outside that jolted her awake. At first, she had ignored the scream, thinking it was just her ill mind playing tricks on her, but when she heard the scream a second time and saw that the maid had heard it too, she remembered that the only people in the palace were herself, the maid, and Princess Amber, as everyone else had gone for the hunt, so with the help of the maid, she went to the end of the hallway beside the staircase leading to the ground floor.

That was where they saw someone holding a dagger. She had blood all over her as she stood over someone's body, stabbing her repeatedly while the person was struggling weakly.

She had almost crumpled on the floor in both fear and surprise because of the way her legs had been trembling, but the maid had held her up.

When the person standing in front of the body turned around, they were even more shocked to see that it was Princess Amber, and Tyra was surprised when she realized that the person lying on the floor and struggling for her life was Beth.

Since Tyra was familiar with Princess Amber and trusted that she wouldn't hurt her, she had asked the maid to go find Prince Harold or anyone to help while she stayed back to talk Princess Amber out of killing her.

Tyra began to tremble as she got to that part, and Susan held her close, wincing in pain when her hand began to hurt.

"She... started coming towards me. It was like something else had taken over her mind... she... pointed the knife at me. And... and said it was my turn. Before... before I could do anything... she stabbed me!"

"I was so scared. I didn't know what happened to her. I don't want any of this to happen either. I don't even know how she was able to kill Beth. But that is the truth."

"It's fine. We will get to the bottom of this. You should focus on getting better so that your wound can heal up faster," Susan said as she continued to console her, not sure what else to say or do because at this point, she didn't know who or what to believe anymore.

She wished she could believe Tyra, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't ignore the fact that the maid who had witnessed everything with Tyra had gone missing immediately after testifying against Princess Amber, and had even been killed.

Maybe if Princess Amber hadn't been apprehended immediately and Prince Harold hadn't been unconscious, they could have thought it was Princess Amber who had gotten rid of her, but that wasn't the case.

"I shouldn't have said anything. Maybe if I hadn't said anything to you, no one would have known about it, and Brother wouldn't be mad at me. I don't want him to be mad at me," Tyra cried, but Susan said nothing as she patted her back. There was nothing more to say.