The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 197

(Lord Shevek’s Pov)

It took a moment before they all recovered from that.

It was a time I would never forget easily either. Every word Lyraea spewed in the dungeon was like a nail with a hammer drove into my skull. It ripped me apart…

When she announced she was pregnant, I knew there was no turning back. She would never come back to me.

She knew how much I loved her. She was mine, but she allowed herself to be a mistress for another just because of money and power.

I couldn’t recognize her. All I saw was a woman filled with a bitterness that made her different from the Lyraea I loved and was ready to protect with my life.

“That wasn’t all.” I sighed. “Lyraea knew having a child was not enough. She knew that before she could ascend the throne, she needed to get rid of the queen.”

“There was no way she could have done that.” Eden frowned.

I raised a brow. “Not for Lyraea. She was the queen’s personal maid before the King officially made her his concubine. She knew how to bribe the palace maids to do whatever she wanted. She used this method to slip poison into the queen’s tea in small quantities.”

“She did?” Eden’s eyes widen.

“Yes. She told me herself. Her goal was to make the queen die in a way that looked natural. That was why she used poison in small amounts and hoped that she would succeed.”

“That’s evil.” Rose said.

“After she told me about what she was doing to the queen, she left.”

I remembered how Kaliyah, Lyraea’s maid, had looked at me with pity. It was obvious she was not in support of what Lyraea was doing, but there was nothing else she could do.

“I cried.” My eyes fell on Rose as a tear slipped from her eyes. “I was heartbroken, and I couldn’t stop how I felt. I trusted Lyraea to keep our bond sacred. But she ruined everything.”

I felt a sting in my chest, and I gasped. The emotions from years ago came back with a force.

“I don’t think I have ever prayed as hard as I did back then. I was desperate for help. I needed to escape, not just the prison cell, but to run away from everything else.”

on the moon goddess to help me, and

friend asked in surprise. “That is

“Beauty.” Adonis cautioned her.

looked around her. When she noticed that she had

and stepped back

I escaped.” My eyes softened. “It was Kaliyah. We

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the coven.”

“Kaliyah?” Eden frowned.

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was the maid Lyraea brought along

“Who

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her beloved here and got pregnant, but she died after

eyes widened “I remember Lamia.” Then she continued, “But how? Didn’t you say Kaliyah was Lyraea’s maid? How could she

than the palace maids, Kaliyah and Lyraea started out as friends before she

me Lyraea was in the garden. When

“She sounds like my kind of

officially made her his concubine that she demanded

“Oh no.” Beauty grimaced.

too. Lyraea never failed

I sighed.

for me because she knew what Lyraea was doing wasn’t right, and she

did she help

that was laced with some kind of sleeping potion The guards slept off. Then she got the keys

murmured. “It

it through to the end, but we did. And I took Kaliyah along with me to the

I shivered.

the place to the ground. Families were being ripped apart, children were killed, and parents were burned to ashes.” A