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.”

my

as she led a path through the entrance of the

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

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how I left this place in the first

thought about Eden

so many questions. Why was she

made love and I left, I deliberately refused to inform her about where I

And whatever problem there was, I was sure Arthur and the rest would fix it. They must have heard about the ritual as well. I was

Eden would wait for me; I only hoped she would be able to forgive me because

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

“Shut it.” She growled.

wasn’t supposed to say a word when going through the

opening. It was some kind

shimmering under the glow

goddess had descended into. And till this very moment no one could explain

and I shivered. That was the same coffin

the pool, there’s a raised platform attached to the walls of the cave that formed

elders

were dressed like the woman beside me, but their cloak had more shine and a blue clasp that held the

faces, but I could sense their displeasure even from

was the elder who

He was Susie’s father.

elders brought me to this cave that I realized that Susie now worked for the elders. She was here all through the first ritual

of the elders said his voice rang out with an

ritual? You ruined everything we took days to prepare for.”

know their names; they never revealed their faces, but I knew they took turns

kind of power you took along with you. It could have

I shivered.

was opening my eyes in front of Eden and the hybrids. Susie was there too, which didn’t surprise me, but what I couldn’t understand were the strange faces and the man who looked exactly

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my ears, and I held my head

elders gasped. “We must finish the ritual if

the elders faded in my ears. A scene flashed in

sudden flash of my experience