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 “She is

raised her hand and showed him her that hand to indicate

looked at me.

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

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Chapter 105

“H–Hello, my

I answered and Elder Ruth

did you

“Silvermoon pack”

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it before,”

the smaller packs down North.” I supplied, but she only

my chin and moved my face to the left and then to the right,

the other pack members who were only standing and watching curiously, probably waiting for her judgement that I was not a spy or

a whiff followed

lengthy pause as

like an eternity, she

as everybody just

and I looked at Arthur, who had been pushed back a

everybody clamored around me.

everybody shook hands and introduced themselves to me, but I

subsided, the crowd thinned while my eyes fell on Elder Ruth, who was still looking

she began walking towards

It

packhouse.

that would probably serve as guest rooms, or maybe people lived there for all

the small flight of stairs up which I saw her struggle a little. I tried to offer her support, but she denied and kept using

the empty room that only had a few chairs and

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

“Are you going to babysit her

he gave my hand a reassuring squeeze as he

and Elder

why did the hybrid king

a lock of hair that was falling on my face and replied, “Hmm, My Father offered me to

an eyebrow. “Is that the only