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.

she led a path through the entrance of the cave.

my stomach. What if I won’t

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how I left this place in

about Eden

she in a vampire coven? And

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

needed to fix for both of us. 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 told they would announce

Eden would wait for me; I only hoped she would be

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

“Shut it.” She growled.

procedure. I wasn’t supposed to say a

we entered a large opening. It was some kind of circular

water, the crystal clear blue shimmering under

was said that this very water was where the moon goddess had descended into. And till this

was opened, and I shivered. That

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

the 12 elders of the

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

faces, but I could

the elder

He was Susie’s father.

this cave that I realized that Susie now

of the elders said his voice rang out with

of the ritual? You ruined everything we took days to

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

be glad you haven’t gone rogue. You have no idea the kind of power you took along with you.

I shivered.

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

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heard another ringing in my ears, and I held my head in pain. The pain engulfed me

“We must finish the ritual if you want

voices of the elders faded in my ears. A

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