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.

to the elders.” She instructed as she led a path through

What if I won’t be able

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how

about

she in a vampire

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

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

would

on the floor. I

“Shut it.” She growled.

supposed to say a word when going through the cave until I met the

entered a large opening. It was some kind of

large pool of water, the crystal clear blue shimmering under the glow

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

shivered. That was

there’s a raised platform attached to the

elders of

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

could sense their displeasure even from where

could recognize was the elder who stood

He was Susie’s father.

the elders brought me to this cave that I realized that Susie now

of the elders said his voice

of the ritual? You ruined everything

they never revealed their faces, but I knew they took turns

You have no idea the kind of power you took along with you. It could have destroyed you and those around you.” Another

I shivered.

there too, which didn’t

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

“We must

voices of the elders faded in my ears. A scene

a sudden flash of my