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

“Let’s go back to the elders.” She instructed as she led a path through the entrance of

What if I won’t be

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as I thought about how

about Eden

many questions. Why was she in a vampire coven? And

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

problem there was, I was sure Arthur and the rest would fix it. They must have heard about

she would be able to forgive me because I kept

hit my leg against a stone on the floor.

“Shut it.” She growled.

the procedure. I wasn’t supposed to say a word when going through the cave until I met the

It was some kind

the middle, there was a large pool of water, the crystal clear blue shimmering

had descended into.

shivered. That was the same coffin I was

few inches away from the pool, there’s a raised platform attached to

elders

beside me, but their cloak had more shine and a blue

their faces, but I could sense their displeasure even

the

He was Susie’s father.

Susie now worked for the elders. She

elders

of the ritual? You ruined everything we took days

their

no idea the kind of power you took along with

I shivered.

my eyes in front of Eden and the hybrids. Susie was there too, which didn’t surprise me,

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

one of the elders gasped. “We must finish the ritual if you

the voices of the elders faded in my ears.

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