The Beta’s Regret

(Lord Shevek's Pov)

How exactly was Rose and I supposed to explain that a child barely old enough to walk saved his father and mother from death?

"You don't possibly mean Zion, do you?" I heard Eden ask.

Before I could say a word, Rose answered. Despite the small smile on her face, I could see the strange look she tried to hide, and I understood.

It was pretty difficult to easily overcome the experience we had with Zion.

It questioned all reasoning and we had no choice but to believe that the little hybrid boy was special, blessed by the moon goddess.

I felt a swell of pride along with fear for what great destiny awaited him.

Rose nodded "I meant every word I said. Zion saved you and Shevek."

Eden frowned. It was obvious she was thinking that it didn't make any sense; not one word of what Rose just said made sense to either one of them "But how?" Eden asked. Rose continued.

"When you left the camp, we don't know how, but Zion had sensed it. At first, he refused to fall asleep, and then he began to cry.

Rose cocked her head to the side as she replayed the moment in her head just like I was doing.

"No matter how much we tried to make him stop, he refused. So we decided to check in on you. Maybe you could make him stop. But when we came in here with Zion and Lily..." "You were nowhere to be found," I finished

Rose nodded in agreement. "That was when we knew that you had left the camp in secret without telling anyone."

"No one knew where you were, even Beauty. We all thought Pison had done something to you; we were all worried."

I caught a flash of guilt whip across Eden's face as she bowed her head slightly. "I shouldn't have left the camp without informing anyone. Anything could have happened, and nobody would have known where I was. I'm sorry." She finished softly. I felt my heart break a little.

"Zion was more upset."Rose continued, "He cried so much that everyone began to wake up. We all thought he was going to fall sick."

me with a small frown on his lips as if

boy was truly strange and acted

thinking about what to do when something

me curiously.

look with Rose, as we silently contemplated how to say

shifted into his

Eden's eyes widened.

still and looked at us in disbelief. "What do you mean?"

a mystery but Zion shifted into a small black wolf before we could do anything. Your mother still held him

shifted into a

was still talking "The moment Zion shifted into a wolf, he jumped out of my arms and started running towards the forest. It was

ov

immediately."

quickly, as I replayed the moment when the chase happened in

For a pup, Zion ran like a full-grown wolf. I had never seen anything like

in disbelief. He was finding it hard to believe

wolf?" Eros questioned. "Isn't it too early

the

sighed, and Eros

now too. The day I gave Zion his name knew he had a wolf because his eyes changed. But I had no idea he would shift so early."

QUMS

was exactly what we thought, but then it happened. Rose followed me with Lily in her arms while I chased

way too fast for me, but he always looked back to check if we

I thought Zion was just checking to see if I was close to catching him, but soon I realized he was leading us

of the cave where

and directed us to the back. Then he lifted his paws and touched a part of the cave..." she trailed off, and pursed her lips. "What

had some kind of power that he released, and that side of the