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.

notice

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?

Eros will turn out to be like the one in

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

swallowed saliva to soothe

have been too distracted by Eros’s anger, my dream, and even Cheryl to have noticed at first, but

something more lay

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

Eros needed me.

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deep breath, I moved forward and got closer to him. When I reached him, 1 paused for a bit, unsure about what to do or how to approach him. He looked vulnerable and lost,

hurt. I could

a healthy relationship with his

you

to take

“Eros,” I said softly.

turned to me again, and

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

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

and squeezed

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

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 make sure I

it.”

that will last for years to come.” He said more passionately. “I wanted to do right by the

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

and allowed Eros to

shoulders.

imagined.” Eros continued, “And there is Ryker.”

turned my head sideways.