The Beta’s Regret

(Eden's Pov)

I woke up to sunlight filtering into the tent. For a moment, I was in a haze as figures hovered over me.

Their shapes were blurry, but their presence was strong enough to tell me who they were.

As my sight became better, the first person I saw clearly was my mother. Tears rolled down her face as she blew her nose noisily into a handkerchief. My father stood beside her with a frown etched into his face. Beauty and Adonis were positioned next to them, their faces wearing worry lines.

A chill rocked me.

I know the agony on their face was beyond my fainting spell. If anything, it was a confirmation of what I feared the most.

Still, I wanted to know the truth, to hear from their lips once more that it is exactly what they said before.

"Eros." I started softly. "Is he really gone?" the last part came out in a whisper. I gripped the side of the dress waiting for an answer...

"Yes." Adonis finally squeaked out. "Eros is dead."

The world literally spun. My heart stopped, and my breath seized for a moment. Suddenly everything became too hard to bear.

I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that Eros is dead. How is that even possible?

I screamed for it to be a lie, but deep down, I knew it wasn't.

How could this happen?

off my dress in my desire to run far away from this reality. I

was completely swallowed by the grief. It was almost as if I could no longer reason. I had a great urge to scream, to rip the

was suddenly opened. I

We all cried now.

too great to be expressed. She was still in denial that her mate was no more. She

was almost as if I couldn't

some kind of shell that I couldn't break into. I could feel the pain she felt, the

should have been there, right beside

just

we planned, Eros and I. We were supposed to rule together, side by side as

our kids together and build a solid family. But now, how do

alone? How do

our child

without my mate?

The tears flowed freely.

face upward, my voice thick with

you take my life instead?" I cursed at

immediately engulfed