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.

the elders.” She instructed as she led a path through the entrance of the cave. “They

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

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thought about how

about

Why was she in a vampire coven?

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 the rest would fix it. They

only hoped she would be able to forgive me because I kept the ritual

floor. I cried out in pain, and the woman turned

“Shut it.” She growled.

to say a word when going through the

large opening. It was some

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

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

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

inches away from the pool, there’s a raised platform attached to the walls of the cave

12 elders of the

like the woman beside me, but their cloak had

their faces, but I could

person I could recognize was the elder who stood at

He was Susie’s father.

I realized that Susie now worked for

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

You ruined everything

their names; they never revealed their faces, but

idea the kind of power you took along with you. It could have destroyed you and those around you.” Another

I shivered.

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

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my head in pain. The pain engulfed me and I

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

of the elders faded in my ears. A scene flashed in my

heard was “Kill me stepbrother.” I had a sudden flash of my experience with the