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

as she led a path

into my stomach. What if I won’t be

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followed behind as I thought about how I left

about

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

and I left, I deliberately refused to inform

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

she would be able to forgive me because I

a stone on the floor. I cried out in pain, and the woman turned to me

“Shut it.” She growled.

supposed to say a word when going through

opening. It was some kind of circular

the crystal clear blue shimmering under the

scrolls, it was said that this very water was where the moon goddess had descended into. And till this very moment no one could explain why the water glows

pool, a coffin was opened, and I shivered. That was the same coffin I was in

there’s a raised platform attached to the

12 elders of

cloak had more shine

see their faces, but I could sense their displeasure even from where

I could recognize was the

He was Susie’s father.

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

of the elders

the ritual? You ruined

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

no idea the kind of power you took along with you. It could have destroyed you

I shivered.

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

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and I held my head in pain. The pain

one of the elders gasped. “We must

the elders faded in my

me stepbrother.” I had a sudden flash of my experience with