Beauty in the beast world
Chapter 102: Step towards the truth

Chapter 102: Step towards the truth

FOX CASTLE

Jacob felt restless as he paced in his room. Michael watched him with a bored expression because it was quite normal for the fox king to throw a tantrum at him and it was affirmed true as Jacob turned to him and shouted, "Just how useless are you!?"

Michael frowned, he didn’t even know his fault this time, "I became a stray beast king as you wished. what more do I have to do?"

The fox king slumped on the stone chair and massaged his forehead with his fingers, "I apologize for taking out my anger on you. I just have so much on my mind nowadays"

"What is worrying you so much?"

"Everything" he replied through gritted teeth, "Not even one of my plans is working. I can’t track Theodore no matter what, he left his cave a long ago but witch masters under me are still unable to locate him. They say that some unknown power is blocking them"

Michael frowned, "Ask Garrison’s help, he is more powerful than all of your witch masters combined"

"Do you think I didn’t try that already?" he shook his head, "Garrison is not even a least eager about finding Theodore’s location. He is just planning about the ways to capture and end Lyra’s life"

"That’s impossible" Michael stated, "She is surrounded by powerful beastmen. Facing snake king and vulture king alone is suicide and do I even have to tell you about the prince of the scorpion tribe?"

Jacob sighed, "We can’t also discard the tribe’s support they have. Lion and silver wolf tribes are the biggest in the beast city, also the snake tribe, vulture tribe, and scorpion tribe will protect her. She is their queen or will become one in the future after all"

"And knowing all this you are still allowing that Garrison guy to follow his plans which might put the whole fox tribe into jeopardy?"

"What can I do Michael?" Jacob asked in an annoyed voice, "My hands are tied right now, I can support or make an enemy out of him, so I’m just staying silent. Tell me which one do you prefer?"

Michael pressed his lips still in thoughts when they heard a loud crashing sound from the ground floor. Both of them got up and went out of the room and caught sight of a tiger beastman attacking the guards.

Jacob narrowed his eyes at the tiger but soon realized that it was not Garrison. As he observed, the tiger gazed up at him and snarled, and Jacob flinched. ’An immortal Beastman!’ and there were only two immortal beastman from the tiger tribe, "Prescott" he recalled hearing this name many times from his brother in the past.

Michael too felt a higher level of beast pressure from the tiger and took a step back. He as a stray beast felt even more sacred of someone so powerful, it felt almost like the previous stray beast lord’s oppression.

Prescott continued staring at them with anger rising in his head. And he grimaced sensing that wretched traitor’s scent inside the castle walls. Just as he was about to pounce on the second floor, a voice stopped his movements.

"Stop it, Prescott!" Gregory hurried towards him with a frown etched on his face, "Have you lost your mind? Why did you enter the city when I advised you not to?"

Prescott turned towards him and turned to his beastman form. Pinning Gregory against the wall, he bellowed "And who do you think you are to advise me!? Bastard, do you think you can control me after handing over Iria to that Theodore?"

Gregory struggled to get out of his hold but Prescott increased his strength the more he tried to get free, "Li-listen to me first"

Prescott released his hold and let Gregory fall to the ground, "Speak!"

Gregory gasped for air while holding his throat. Glaring back at Prescott, he said, "I have a way to take back Iria"

"And what is that? Begging Theodore to let her go?"

"What are you talking about...." his words came to halt when he heard the fox king’s voice.

"Get back Iria?" Jacob asked coming down to the stairs, "Isn’t that wench dead?" and the next moment he was sent flying across the stone wall by Prescott.

"You dare insult my Iria!?"

Jacob coughed up blood but he still glared at him with raging eyes, "She killed my brother! She deserves to die!"

"You!" Prescott took a step but Gregory held him and shook his head, "Not now, he is still useful for our plans" he then glanced at the fox king, "Are you still trying to deny the fact that your father killed Henrick?"

"My father killed my brother because of that wench!" Jacob snapped

Gregory’s gaze darkened, "Try saying that word again and watch your tribe getting annihilated. Your bastard of a father killed his flesh and blood because of his pride. He couldn’t stand having his son oppose his decisions and that made him kill Henrick. During your brother’s loneliness, only Iria took care of him. Did you even know that she was already your brother’s mate before your father killed her?"

Jacob widened his eyes, "Ma-mate?"

Gregory stopped himself from speaking further and changed the topic, "Is Gary living here?"

Jacob was too engrossed trying to digest Gregory’s words so Micahel answered instead, "Yes, Lord Garrison is living here"

"Where is he now?"

"We don’t know, he went out three days ago and not yet returned"

Gregory sighed and glanced at Prescott, "Let us go"

"Wait!" Jacob called them, "Tell me what you were talking about earlier. What is it about getting Iria back?"

Gregory narrowed his eyes, "That has nothing to do with you" he paused and smirked, "But there is something that has to do with you" Jacob frowned as he continued, "Soon your son in law will lose his throne to his brother, Try to make it difficult for the enemy if possible"

Jacob stared at their back as they exited the fox castle. The only proper king mate his daughter had was the eagle king. He got up from the ground and looked at Michael, "Does Derek have a brother?"

Michael nodded, "A foster brother to be more precise, I somewhere heard that Derek’s father took in an orphan beastman under his care who turned into an immortal beastman"

Jacob furrowed his brows, "Why did you never mention something so crucial?"

"I thought you knew," he said shrugging his shoulders.

"I didn’t!" Jacob said clenching his jaws, "I would have tried to eliminate any possible threats for my daughter’s queen seat if I knew".

"Stop thinking about the past and focus on the future. What will you do now? Will you help the eagle king?"

"I really don’t know Michael," he said shaking his head in dismay, "But I should at least keep my daughter safe" he then summoned some of the guards and ordered them to bring Lexi to the fox tribe.

Then he called another batch of guards, "Split yourself and enter into Lion, Wolf, snake, and vulture tribe. I want every little news circulating inside" he felt like something was wrong, Gregory was hiding and he needed to find it out no matter what.