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.

notice this in

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 few

My heart skipped.

How was this possible?

turn out to be like the

her voice. That wasn’t a question I had

saliva to soothe

been too distracted by Eros’s anger, my dream,

mean something more lay

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

Eros needed me.

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and got closer to him. When I reached him, 1 paused for a bit,

was hurt. I could

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

you

all along who wants to

“Eros,” I said softly.

turned to me again,

beautiful eyes looked haunted. I saw anger and pain written in it, and a helplessness I wasn’t sure I could

sat beside him and took his hand in mine, “You don’t have to

and squeezed my hand in

where our hands were interlinked before he replied, “I don’t know

might do a bad job at it, but now… I want it. That’s why I’ve been trying

it.” I

to build a legacy that will last for years

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

allowed Eros to rest his head on

shoulders.

I imagined.” Eros continued, “And there

turned my head sideways. “What

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