The Beta’s Regret

(Eden's Pov)

"She's back!" I heard a young man call out as he hurried into my tent. Hands on his knees, he bent a little and took a moment to catch his breath before he continued, pointing a hand furiously at the entrance.

I frowned and took a step forward. "Tell me, what is going on?"

"Betsy is back. She just came in." He said.

My eyes widened in surprise.

"Did she come with anyone else?" I asked.

The young man shook his head. "She came alone, with nothing else."

I frowned. It was obvious Betsy had no idea that her disappearance was no longer a secret. If she knew, this would have been the last place she would return to.

I nodded. "Thank you."

"You need to summon her." Gordon, one of the representatives, said quickly. "For all we know, she must have brought a spy along with her, or she might very well be the spy. I suggest she should be killed as a traitor." The rest of the men agreed with his reasoning. I thought about it for a moment.

They were right. Betsy needed to be questioned. We needed to know exactly where she went and what she had done, but I also knew that if we did that, Pison might get to know about it.

""No." I answered the men.

That wasn't necessary. We need her as much as Pison does. If she is the only way Pison can get to us, then she is also the only way we can get to him.

I turned to the young man who had delivered the message. "I need you to do something for me."

"Yes, my Queen." The young man bowed slightly. "What do you need me to do?"

"Watch her every move. We are not sure what Betsy went out of the camp to do, but we should always be on alert." I said.

with my request. Some of

queen," the young man replied

twenty representatives. Nine women and eleven men in

that was the right thing to do?"

"We shouldn't rush

"Betsy left the camp. How do we know where she went? Who did she meet with? Dain is in the palace, and there was no way she would have escaped without getting captured by Pison and his men. "That is precisely why I asked that we

Gordon nodded.

next? How do we know we are safe from Pison? Does that mean we have

Instead, we will train." I said with

"Train?" They chorused.

""Yes," I said.

here are injured. I doubt

camp must learn how to fight. We are short of warriors, and we need

is the duty of the men to protect the women and children. They know nothing of warfare."

teach them. No woman or child

in the room before Hilda spoke up. "I will

the warriors so they can

I nodded.

came to an agreement, the representatives filed out of the tent one after the

easier than I expected. Before now, I assumed the representatives would refuse to agree

few days were

came the tension of an impending attack. The fear of Pison loomed

women adapted quickly, to the surprise of the warriors. Even the children learned what

was no exception. My father took it upon himself to train

I was beginning to think it

focused." he said, his brows fixed in a tight frown, looking down at me as I stayed seated

my eyes

at this for days, and I felt I

his lips. "Yes, you