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.

Shevek found a perfect hiding

a brow.

gaze on Betsy was so intense that she quickly looked

was well aware of the kind of effect I

flashed to the days before I became

no mate, no ambition. I was just a distant member of the royal family, with a desire to have a good home when I meet the mate the moon goddess

take over the throne.

should have stayed a coward all through his life, but his

I wanted no part of it. But when Eros pleaded with me, I accepted, and 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 intoxicating, flowery

Mate.

a clearing in the woods, and what I saw

in a passionate embrace

I saw red.

the shock of what I saw, 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

I treated her as a

to my desires. I would use her to pacify my wolf and occasionally sleep with my harem of

It changed me, and despite the mate bond, my feelings for her waned. And then, Eros brought his

time saw

I knew Exos

instead of Betsy... but I decided to take it slowly as I didn't have

I was dethroned, and Eros declared he was ready to

how I met Lyra and Alice while they were running away from Eros, who was trying to kill them for what they did to Eden. Initially, I was enraged and wanted to kill them for ever hurting Eden but I decided to keep them instead

It turned out well.

were helpful, and in no time, we started a cult, and surprisingly, since Eros had a lot of enemies; people that didn't want the son of King Dimitrois on the throne. I admired Lyra for

going

went to get himself

do something also. Eros was already a strong hybrid;

and even impossible

defeat.

to get fortified. And the only other

Hades.

was a dangerous decision, but I was ready to risk it all

getting access to Hades. I went to the forbidden high mountain of volcano... and

different from what I