Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee

299-Guilty Acceptance.

Maura Despair:

’It's okay, you will be fine here," I buried her, or what was left of her, in the shallow grave that I dug overnight. The blisters on my hands were evidence of my suffering. The tears in my eyes were the first hint of how broken I was on the inside.

I sat beside her body and kept staring at the grave, thinking about what I could have done differently to prevent it. There was only one right answer to that.

I wish I hadn't freed her from Ubel's grasp and waited for Beatrice to come up with a plan.

Princess Beatrice!

"You were right. I am supposed to be her follower and let her deal with everything for us. She is capable of saving us all, mom!" I cried in my hands, sniffling and going crazy. Here I was sitting all by myself with no one to tell me, 'it is going to be fine.'

That's when I heard someone rushing towards the mountains and calling for me.

'Maura!’

Not just someone, but Zane.

’Maura!’ he called again. Hearing his voice made me hug myself tightly. The sad part is that he was the one to blame, but I couldn't even blame him. My heart refused to hold him responsible, but it was also certain that I was upset with him.

He should have been there

frowned. ’What are you doing here? What is — what is in there?" He sounded worried, which is why he was out of breath. I knew

’Is that—," he gasped.

trying to raise my head and look him in the eye. He looked regretful. The realization

saw her wake up, and the first thing my mind concluded was," he paused when recalling it, ’Why is this poor woman in

alpha king who needed to unchain this woman. The instant I did, she just stared at me in horror and then ran out of the room. Feeling like a good person for saving someone's life, I just left and went back home without thinking twice

do I say

pressure of her dragon coming out, so she rushed outside, but

happened, it left me

An Orphan!

so happy to be free,' I whispered, shaking

start over without a fear, but now I am all alone!" I broke free from his embrace to steady my breaths as I kept feeling this pressure on

my face in his hands and made me stare into his eyes, "you are

didn't participate because I was just broken. If he had said the same thing to me a few hours ago when my mother was alive, I would have

now I was

saying this today and will remember my promise. I will always stay beside you," he then shook me awake when he gulped and narrowed his eyes in my face, "I, Alpha King Zane, accept you as my

into gasping. I never expected him to accept me

guilty or anything. But because I have realized how important you are to me. You mean

was stunned