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.”

my

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

stomach. What if I won’t

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about how I left this

about

she in a vampire coven? And the

last time we made love and I left, I deliberately refused to inform her about where I was going because she would have

both of us. And whatever problem there was, I was sure Arthur and the rest would fix it. They must have heard about the

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

stone on the floor. I

“Shut it.” She growled.

nodded. I knew the procedure. I wasn’t supposed to say a word

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

the crystal clear blue shimmering under the glow of the numerous fire

descended into. And till this very moment no one could explain why the water glows even after

a coffin was opened, and I shivered. That was

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

the 12 elders of

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

but I could sense their displeasure even

person I could recognize was the elder who stood

He was Susie’s father.

Susie now worked for

elders said his voice rang out with

You

their

have no idea the kind of power

I shivered.

Susie was there too, which didn’t surprise me, but what

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

one of the elders gasped. “We must finish

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

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