The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 223

(Eden’s Pov)

As soon as Eros stormed out of the dining room, I stood up and followed after him.

We left a heavy silence behind us.

Eros was fast. One minute he was right in front of me, and the next he wasn’t.

“Eros!” I called after him, but I got no response. I followed the hallway until I got to the front door and pushed it open.

The moon shone high in the sky, but Eros was nowhere to be found. I walked around, hoping to see him.

And I finally did.

I stopped moving for a moment and slowed my breath. The evening air calmly washed over me. I smelled the scent of flowers that lingered in the air, and I immediately assumed a garden must be around somewhere

But none of this could take away the grief that hung in the air.

I looked at Eros. He was seated on a bench beneath a large tree, staring into space. His posture was stiff, almost unmoving.

I could easily mistake him for a statue 1

if I didn’t know better.

As if he sensed me, Eros looked my way then looked away again.

In that moment, something struck me.

A

The air around me suddenly felt familiar. It was like I had seen this place before.

The second realm.

I looked around, and everything began to fall into place.

not notice this in the first

just like the mansion in the second realm, the hybrid kingdom that Eros ruled over. The only major difference was the water fountain in the middle of the compound and a

My heart skipped.

How was this possible?

like the one in the

and ignored her voice. That wasn’t a question I

throat felt patched, and I swallowed saliva to

rooms, everything looked familiar. I must have been too distracted by Eros’s anger, my dream, and

mean something

to stop my thoughts from going too far. I

Eros needed me.

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reached him, 1 paused for a bit, unsure about what to do or

hurt. I could

had a healthy relationship with his father. It was more devastating to find out

you

all along who wants to take what you’ve

“Eros,” I said softly.

again, and my

and pain written in it, and a helplessness I wasn’t sure I

and took his hand in mine, “You

squeezed my

a moment, he stared down at where our hands were interlinked before he replied, “I don’t

bad job at it, but now… I want it. That’s why I’ve been trying hard to make sure I prove to myself that this is something I can handle.” He

it.” I

want to build a legacy that will last for years to come.” He said more passionately. “I wanted to do

passionate about the kingship. I knew he wanted to be king, but I had no

leaned in and allowed Eros to rest his head on

shoulders.

to be going the way I imagined.” Eros continued,

turned my head sideways. “What about