The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 105

The pack members eyed me warily as I stood frozen in my tracks Arthur put his hand on my back and gently nudged met

forward.

“They are not going to bite you. Go on,”

I gave him a nervous smile as he cleared his throat.

“She is Eden Willow, now a member of our pack. Please welcome her” He said, and a tense silence followed suit. The pack members kept looking at each other and nobody said a word.

The feeling that this had been a bad idea kept intensifying, and I debated walking back out of the gate.

I hesitantly raised one of my hand and waved at them all. Still, there was no reaction I looked worriedly at Arthur, who murmured

“Oh I should have told you this before. Eros never took in a new member in the pack under any circumstances. That was his rule

My eyes grew wide as saucers as I looked at him and said through gritted teeth.

Then you should have told me that before bringing me here.”

Anthar shrugged. “Well, I didn’t think you would last even a day. He never took anyone, so I believed he would drive you off in hours the first day you were brought in

I made a face. “Thanks for the motivation” Arthur scratched the back of his head as I whispered, “Why does lie never take anybody in?”

But before Arthur could answer, an elderly woman stepped forward. She was wearing a pale black dress and had wrinkles on her face.

Her hair was tied behind in a messy bun and there were a few necklaces and bracelets upon her person.

The elderly woman stepped forward, a stick in her hand that she used to slowly walk forward. I gulped nervously as she kept coming closer.

I wanted to step back, but Arthur muttered low in his breath to keep still. And I did that,

The woman came and stood directly in front of me while Arthur mumbled, “Hello Elder Ruth, how are you doing today?”

However, Elder Ruth did not say a word to him. She kept staring at me and then slowly began circling me while observing me from head to toe.

Once, she even poked at my legs, startling me, but I sensed the watchful gazes of all the pack members on me, so I kept quiet

When she completed her slow circle around me, she came to stand in front of me again and titled her head.

“What is your name!”

interrupted before I could open my mouth

hand to indicate him to shut

looked at me.

clear for her age, though I was not entirely sure what

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“H–Hello, my

answered

pack did you belong

“Silvermoon pack”

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it before,” she mumbled, mostly to

smaller packs down North.” I

put her hand on my chin and moved my face to the left and then to the right, examining me.

members who were only standing and watching curiously, probably waiting for her judgement that I was not a

did some more poking, caught a strand of my hair in her hand and took a whiff followed by other

on the ground, she looked at me and took a lengthy pause as

like an eternity, she finally spoke,

everybody just ran towards me

by the sudden change of behavior and I looked at Arthur, who had been pushed back

everybody clamored around me.

which I returned as everybody shook hands and introduced themselves to me, but I could not even remember the names of

thinned

and she began walking towards a

It

packhouse.

wood and brick with several rooms that would probably serve as guest rooms, or maybe people lived there for all

to offer her support, but she denied and kept using her stick to

entered the empty room

Ruth sat on one of the chair and motioned for me to sit on one in front. of

while she looked at Arthur. “Are you going to babysit her when I am

my hand a reassuring squeeze as he walked

and Elder Ruth

did the hybrid king take you

of hair that was falling on my face and replied, “Hmm,

eyebrow. “Is that