Chapter 315
"You should leave before I really consider eating you so one of Amelia’s problems would be gone. A little bit of advice. The demons have been acting out at night so you should find a place to lock yourself in to get through the night. Instead of running to the home you shared with your husband, you should run to one of the homes belonging to the castle. It was nice seeing you again Beth," Anne said.
Beth hesitated to leave the castle now that she knew Anne was looking to punish Fraser. "I have my things to pack-"
"There are no carriages to take you to where you wish to go. If you want to waste your time packing and then walk the roads alone at night, so be it, but I would advise you to leave now and worry about your dresses later. We will be getting rid of everything you and Fraser own so I will have it sent to you. It won’t be hard to sniff out where you are. You are wasting time," Anne said, continuing to walk Beth toward the gates.
"Have you always been this cruel?" Beth wondered as this was not the Anne she remembered. Anne was always quiet and nice which was why she was so loved by the kingdom and the people were ready to storm the gates when it was announced that she had passed.
"Your brother forced me into this castle. Lied to me that I would be meeting the man I love when truthfully he was making plans to marry me. What made you think I wouldn’t be cruel? I was placed in the seat of the queen and rather than make lives hell for innocent people, I showed them kindness because it was only your family who I hated. You misjudged me just as your brother did," said Anne.
Richard thought wrong when he assumed that she would fall for him because he was king. Margaret thought wrong in believing Anne would betray the witches that raised her.
"I was always wary of you. I was against him bringing a woman with no background and no family into our castle, but I did not have the right to go against my brother’s decision. If you lay a hand on my son, I will find a way to return and kill you. Again," Beth added. She didn’t know how but she would try.
Amelia planned to keep Fraser locked away instead of killing him so there was no reason for Anne to get involved and try touching her son.
"I am surprised that you did not ask Amelia to let you stay in the dungeon with your son or wherever it is he will be kept. It is the decision I would have made if I were in your place and Amelia was in the dungeon. I cannot stand to be away from my child. We would have to get through this together, but you and I are different types of mothers. This is as far as I will take you," Anne stopped.