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.

led a path through the

my stomach. What if I won’t

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as I thought about how I left

about

many questions. Why was she in a vampire coven?

time we made love and I left, I deliberately refused to inform her about where

needed to fix for both of us. And whatever problem there was, I was sure Arthur and the rest

I only hoped she would be

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

“Shut it.” She growled.

to say a word when going through the cave

opening. It was some kind of circular

of water, the crystal clear blue shimmering under the glow of the numerous fire touches

the ancient scrolls, it was said that this very water was where the moon goddess had descended into. And till this very moment

shivered. That was the same coffin I was in an hour

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

elders of

dressed like the woman beside me, but their cloak had

could sense their displeasure even from where I

the elder who stood at

He was Susie’s father.

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

the process.” One of the elders said his voice rang

leave in the middle of the ritual? You ruined everything we took days to prepare

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

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

I shivered.

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

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

elders gasped. “We must finish the ritual if you want to stay

in

a sudden flash of my experience with