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

she led a path through the entrance of the cave. “They

my stomach. What if

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about how I left this

about

had so many questions. Why was she

been up to for the last few days. The last time we made love and I left, I deliberately refused to inform her about where I was going because she would have tried to stop me or insisted that she followed me, but I was

sure Arthur and

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

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

“Shut it.” She growled.

knew the procedure. I wasn’t supposed to say a

a large opening. It

pool of water, the crystal clear blue shimmering under the glow of the numerous fire touches attached to different parts

water was where the moon goddess had descended into. And till this very moment no one could explain why the

That was

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

elders

me, but their cloak had more shine and a blue clasp that held

see their faces, but I could sense

was the elder who

He was Susie’s father.

to this cave that I realized that Susie now worked for the

the process.” One of the elders said his voice rang out

ritual? You

didn’t know their names; they never revealed their faces, but

gone rogue. You have no idea the kind of power you took along with you. It could have destroyed you and

I shivered.

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

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head in pain. The pain engulfed

started,” one of the elders gasped. “We must finish the ritual if

the elders faded in my

sudden flash of my experience with the