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. “I

as she led a path through the entrance of

into my stomach. What if I

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thought about how I left this place in the first

about

Why was she in a

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

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

she would be able to forgive me

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

“Shut it.” She growled.

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

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

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

goddess had descended into. And till this

shivered. That was the same coffin I was in

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

elders of the

but their cloak had more shine

but I could

recognize was the elder who stood

He was Susie’s father.

this cave that I realized that Susie now worked for the elders. She was here all through the first

process.” One of the elders said

in the middle of the ritual? You ruined

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

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

I shivered.

too, which didn’t surprise

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in my ears, and I held my head in pain. The

must finish

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

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