The Beta’s Regret

(Lord Shevek's Pov)

I stayed hidden in the crowd, as I watched Eden approach the tree stump where my beloved and Beauty sat on.

The minute Eden recognized her mother, her eyes widened in disbelief and they shared a small hug, with Eden's son comfortably held in Rose's arms. Eden looked very different from the last time I saw her.

From where I stood, I could see the fine lines on her face that showed she's been through an enormous measure of stress and pain in the past weeks. A baby cooed softly beside me. My eyes flicked to Adonis, who had another baby wrapped in his arms. A girl.

The desire to touch my own grandson and feel his smooth, tender skin beneath my palm with his mother right beside us engulfed me.

When Rose softly handed the baby wrapped in thick clothes to Eden, her face suddenly morphed into the glow of motherhood.

Torn by a feeling of longing to express my own joy in seeing her, I took a step forward and immediately stopped.

I couldn't.

Not when I was looking this way.

Unconsciously, I lifted one hand to my face and traced the line that ran from the left side of my forehead to the bottom of my right cheek.

An ugly scar. Something to constantly remind me of how I almost failed to save my mate.

Usually, vampires heal quickly. But Griffin attacking me with that dagger was strong enough to leave a deep scar.

I felt a deep sense of shame engulf me as I stepped back again. The last thing I wanted was for Eden to see me as a monster.

"Why did you stop?" Adonis asked, settling his gaze on me.

I shook my head.

"I'm not sure she wants to see me." I said.

placed one hand on my

I watched Rose and

yourself." Adonis encouraged. With a

gather my

Eden, she was asking the women "What is this

was when she

of

said. Her eyes lit

to see me?

okay," she said

sudden, the worries I had over my face faded. I opened my arms wide as my daughter rushed into it and circled

was a warm,

I said, my voice thick with the emotion I felt. "I

misunderstandings, I would one day affirm that I miss you. I

I laughed.

hand to my face. My instincts kicked in, and

Eden

face to her. She ran a hand over the

did this to

by the events that took place prior to escaping Alpha Griffin. I felt my heart squeeze a

my fault," Rose

shouldn't have let your mother out of my sight in the first

of what happened when I woke up in

mother and me, and kept us in a room. At first,

of how to say

blurry at

I did, the first figure I saw was the dagger that Luna Belle held in her hand above me.