The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 199

(Eros Pov)

With a gust of wind, I landed on all fours in front of a small cave hidden deep within a large rock.

The moon cast a soft glow over the entrance of the cave, which shone with strange symbols carved into it.

With a grunt, I stood up and wiped the dust off me as I stretched.

This was sacred ground. It was invisible to the uninitiated, but I had access to it because my initiation process had begun.

However, I might have made a mess by leaving before I finished the final procedure.”

Because of Eden.

I had no idea what had happened. One minute I was inside the cave lying in a coffin and the next I was next to Eden, Susie, and the hybrids.

All I remembered was tBeast had sensed Tiara’s desperation, and then all went black.

When I became conscious again, Eden, Adonis, and others stared at me in shock. Apparently I must have done something.

Susie suggested I leave, and I did.

I still felt a great urge to go back to the coven and bring Eden along, but I couldn’t. I would ruin everything.

“What the-“I gasped as I heard a loud ring in my ears and became lightheaded. I stumbled forward and grasped the sides of the wall for balance as quickly as I could.

Pain ravaged my body. It ran straight from my head down my spine. I groaned in agony as I fought for control.

ok a long while before I got myself back.

Lros?”

Startled, I looked back to see who called me.

A small woman who wore a white cloak that covered her from head to toe stared back at me. She held an oil lamp in front of her, which she raised to my face.

I shielded my eyes from the bright light.

“By the moon!” She gasped. “You look terrible. How could you disregard all that we warned you against?”

I guilt chewed my insides.

“My apologies.”

She narrowed her gaze on me. “You ruined the ritual. You were supposed to stay locked in the coffin for thirty days, underwater, but you got out.”

closed my eyes.

elders.” She instructed as she led a path through

heart plummeted into my stomach. What if I won’t be able to

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thought about how I left this place in

about

was she in a vampire coven? And

and I left, I deliberately refused to inform her about where I was going because she would

Arthur and the rest would fix it. They must have heard about the ritual as well. I was told they

only hoped she would be able to forgive

I suddenly hit my leg against a stone on the floor. I cried out in pain, and the

“Shut it.” She growled.

supposed to say a word when going

opening. It

shimmering under the glow

was where the moon goddess had descended into. And till

opened, and I shivered. That was the same coffin

platform attached to the walls

the 12 elders of the

woman beside me, but their cloak had

I could sense their displeasure even from where I

only person I could recognize was the elder

He was Susie’s father.

Susie now worked for the elders. She was here all through the

of the elders said his

dare you leave in the middle of the ritual? You ruined everything we took days to prepare for.” Another

know their names; they never revealed their faces, but I

glad you haven’t gone rogue. You have no idea the kind of power you took along with you. It

I shivered.

hybrids. Susie was there too, which didn’t surprise me, but what

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my head in pain. The pain engulfed me and I fell to my

elders gasped. “We must finish the ritual if you want to

voices of the elders faded in my ears.

was “Kill me stepbrother.” I had a sudden flash of my experience with the man who looked like