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?

desire to run far away from this reality. I tried hard to hold

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 world into pieces, but all that came out was a strangled sob

floodgate was suddenly

We all cried now.

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

was almost as if

into. I could feel the pain she felt, the despair,

have been there, right

just as I

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

to rule the people justly. We were supposed to raise our kids together and build a solid family.

How do

our child

without my mate?

The tears flowed freely.

face upward, my voice

you take my life instead?"

father immediately