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.

would lose everything if Ryker died. Besides,

was wrong

could I have done this

minute Ryker was in front

about to give in to the terrible outcome, Ryker woke up with a start. He took in a deep, long breath with a strangled sound, then shorter breaths as he looked around quickly. His eyes met mine,

It was as if they’d been waiting to see if they should

arena, and my eyes pricked slightly as I became

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you trying to kill me?” Ryker

alive. It was better if he was

“I never intended

I said softly.

looked away. I stood up and stretched my hands to him. He eyed it suspiciously before

was still weak from my attack. It was a surprise he could stand at all

faster.

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

The crowd

excitement grabbed a

Eden was still not back

last I saw of her was when Olivia had led her away. My head snapped to the side, but she was

beast began to

deep breaths and told myself she would be fine. Olivia was

the moment Eden and I had been

to us. I was surprised to see the smile on their faces. I always assumed they never

Elders flanked me on both sides, the way they sat beside

in the air and shouts of victory

out from the crowd, followed by another and another until everywhere was suddenly

not knowing what

jumped at me from nowhere. I blocked his attack just In time, but it took

ground as another joined him, ferociously snapping at me. Their teeth

were there rogues in the