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.

loved my mother. He should have been

you doing here? What is — what is in there?" He sounded worried, which is why he was out of breath. I knew for a fact that a little run wouldn't take a toll

’Is that—," he gasped.

is," I murmured in tears, shaking when trying to raise my head and look him in the eye. He looked regretful. The realization of what carelessness had

and the first thing my mind concluded was," he

I just left and went back home without thinking twice about whether what I did would only cause distress. I swear I didn't know," he said as he kneeled down behind me and wrapped his arms around my body, "I am so sorry!" he whispered while

I

of her dragon coming

left me without

An Orphan!

I whispered, shaking at the

my mother and start over without a fear, but now I am all alone!" I broke free from his embrace to steady my

made me stare into his eyes, "you are not alone. You will never be alone," he

to me a few hours ago when my mother was alive, I would have been the

now I was

then shook me awake when he gulped and narrowed his eyes in my face, "I, Alpha King Zane, accept you as my

shook me into gasping. I never expected him to accept me into

accept you, not because I am guilty or anything. But because I have realized how important you are to

was stunned