The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 223

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.

I not notice this in the first

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 few

My heart skipped.

How was this possible?

to be like the one in the second realm?” I heard

shook my head and ignored her voice. That

and I swallowed saliva to soothe

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

this mean something

stop my thoughts from going too far. I don’t have the time to dwell on

Eros needed me.

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and got closer to him. When I reached him, 1 paused for a bit, unsure about what to do or how

hurt.

with his father. It was more devastating to

you

all along who wants to take what you’ve worked

“Eros,” I said softly.

turned to me again,

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

took his hand in

and squeezed

at where our hands were interlinked before he replied, “I don’t know what else to do,

“At first, I didn’t want to be king because I thought I might do a bad job at it, but now… I want it. That’s why I’ve been trying hard to

can do it.”

that will last

didn’t know Eros had grown much more passionate about the kingship. I knew he

leaned in and allowed Eros to rest his

shoulders.

going the way I imagined.” Eros continued,

head

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