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

she led a path through the entrance of the cave.

into my stomach. What if I won’t be able

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as I thought about how I left this place

about

many questions. Why was she in a vampire coven?

had no idea what Eden has been up to for the last few 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

something I 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

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

floor. I cried out

“Shut it.” She growled.

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

It was some kind

blue shimmering under

scrolls, it was said that this very water was where the moon goddess had descended into. And till this very moment no one could explain why the water glows even after centuries

I shivered. That was the same coffin I was

platform attached to the

elders of the

cloak had more shine and a blue

I could sense their

person I could recognize was the

He was Susie’s father.

that Susie now worked for the elders. She was here

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

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

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

of power you took along with you. It could have destroyed you and those

I shivered.

too, which didn’t surprise me, but what I couldn’t understand were the strange faces

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

elders gasped. “We must finish the ritual

the elders faded in my ears.

sudden flash of my experience with the