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?

my desire to run far away from this reality. I tried hard to hold myself together so I

as if I could no longer reason. I had a great urge to

suddenly opened.

We all cried now.

silent. Her grief was too great to be expressed. She was still in denial that her mate was no more. She should have known,

was that? It was almost as if

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

been there, right

lost just

We were supposed

the people justly. We were supposed to raise our kids together

do I rain

our child

without my mate?

The tears flowed freely.

raised my face upward, my voice thick

Why don't you take my life instead?" I cursed at the moon goddess,

father immediately engulfed