The Beta’s Regret

(King Pison's Pov)

I closed my eyes in satisfaction as my muscles were loosened in a soft massage.

I had my concubines in the room, two of them, as they used all they had to give me the pleasure I sought.

This was what I had always wanted. The luxury.

Everything was falling into place the way I planned it. It was a perfect execution.

I had succeeded in taking back what was stolen from me, and all that was left to become the most powerful being in this realm was to capture those who escaped.

I should have realized soon enough that Eros wasn't my only problem. His mate, Eden, was as much a threat as Eros was.

As beautiful as she was, she never ceased to set me on edge with her actions.

I grinned. "It's only a matter of time before I have you too." I whispered softly.

I envisioned running my hands over Eden's fair skin, seeing her eyes roll back in pleasure.

I groaned.

I have to get her first so I wouldn't just have to imagine it. Besides, there was already a plan set in motion for that.

I heard a small commotion outside, and from the sounds that my ears picked up, I knew exactly what was happening.

The door opened with a force, and a woman entered, followed quickly by one of my guards, who wore an apologetic expression.

I sat up and signaled the concubines and the guard to leave.

With confused expressions, the women shrugged on their satin robes and walked out of the room.

I looked at the woman before me with a smirk.

Finally, she was here, Betsy.

Her hair stuck out in a wild way, and her eyes did a crazy dance at the room. I wasn't exactly sure what she was looking for.

I felt my skin crawl in disgust at the thought of being in the same space with her; at the same time, I felt excited knowing she had brought me the news I had been waiting for all this while. "You took too long." I said to Betsy.

"It's quite a distance. Lord Shevek

raised a brow. "I

was so intense that she quickly looked

I was well aware of the kind of effect I

the days before I became

just a distant member of the royal family, with a desire to have

and his mate, their son Eros refused to take over

tightened. He should have stayed a coward all through his life, but his

then I came to love it, especially the financial privilege that came with the position. I believed Eros was a fool for declining something that good. Things had begun to look good, and I thought they were about to get better when I sniffed an

Mate.

followed the scent to a clearing in the woods, and what I saw

in

I saw red.

and the next, I had torn the man in question into shreds. All that was left of him was his head in my hand. I still remembered how Betsy gave me a horrified look. But

with me, but I treated her as

her to pacify my wolf and occasionally sleep with

forgiveness, but I couldn't forgive what I saw. It changed me, and despite the mate bond, my feelings

first time saw

I knew

and perfect for royalty. She should have been mine, instead of Betsy... but I decided to take it slowly as I didn't have a plan on how to take

and Eros declared

the end. I was lonely and depressed. That was how I met Lyra and Alice while they were running away from Eros, who was trying to kill them for what they did to

It turned out well.

of enemies; people that didn't want the son of King Dimitrois on the throne. I admired

were going smoothly

went to get himself

knew I had to do something also.

and even impossible

defeat.

to get fortified. And the only other

Hades.

ready to

access to Hades. I went to the forbidden high mountain

was different from what I