The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 236

Everything was a linke blurry

It was like I was asleep, and I just woke up. My head banged in pain, and a groan left my lips.

I looked around. The crowd was in a shocked silence. Some of them were seated, others stood. Some had their hands up in a cheer but were stuck in that position as they stared at me in horror.

I frowned.

What happened?

1 looked down at the floor to see a badly beaten Ryker on his back. His body had bruises all over and he bled.

My eyes widened. Did I do this?

I looked at my hands. They were stained with blood. I staggered backward, and looked back at the crowd with a slight spin.

I can’t remember how I got to this point.

Their reactions were the same everywhere. Even the Elders were no longer seated. They were anxiously looking down at us.

could see that Eden was not there.

The growing noise in the crowd snapped me back to reality. I realized I was still staring at the crowd, and I turned back to see how badly hurt Ryker was.

He was still. Unmoving.

Fear gripped me. Did I kill him?

I watched the referee drop to his knees and checked for his pulse. Nothing. Ryker’s face had a pale look to it.

I took a deep, ragged breath, and a shocked gasp broke out of me.

What did I do to him?

I also dropped to my knees beside Ryker. I reached out nervously, trying to touch him.

this would mean. I would lose everything if Ryker died. Besides, I would never kill another unjustly, not even for

wrong

done this and

One minute Ryker was in front of me; the next he was lying

He took in a deep, long breath with a strangled sound, then shorter breaths as he looked around quickly. His eyes met mine, and they

waiting to see if they should be excited at the

eyes pricked

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like a tige

trying to kill

was alive.

I said with pursed lips. “I never

I said softly.

up and stretched my hands to him. He eyed it suspiciously before

him. I knew he was still weak from my attack. It was a surprise he could stand at all considering the amount of damage I caused him, but I also

faster.

he let go of my hand and let himself fall back to the ground. He waved me off as

raised my hand up. The crowd howled again in excitement, and screams of “champion” and “king” filled

grabbed

little worried that Eden was still not back

her was when Olivia had led her

to get

breaths and told myself she would be fine. Olivia was still her sister after all; what

was the moment Eden and I

surprised to see the smile on their

on both sides, the way they sat

the air and shouts of

before Elder Crandall could say a word, a loud piercing scream rang out from

what exactly was going on as the

his attack just

at me. Their teeth were

rogues