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 this in

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

My heart skipped.

How was this possible?

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

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

and I swallowed saliva to

by Eros’s anger, my dream, and even Cheryl to

mean something more lay

far.

Eros needed me.

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to him. When I reached him, 1 paused for a bit, unsure about what

was hurt. I could

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

you

who wants to take what you’ve

“Eros,” I said softly.

again, and my

beautiful eyes looked haunted. I saw anger and pain written in

hand in mine, “You don’t

squeezed my

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

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 make sure I prove to myself that this is something I can handle.”

can do it.” I smiled.

to be a good king. I want to build a legacy that will last for years to come.” He

aback for a moment; I didn’t know Eros had grown much more passionate about the kingship. I knew he wanted to be

allowed Eros to rest his head

shoulders.

going the way I imagined.” Eros continued, “And

head sideways. “What about