The Beta’s Regret

For a moment, there was still silence, I could hear the sound of my own heartbeat thumping furiously against my chest.

"They can smell us." Tiara whispered.

"I know that!" I snapped at her.

She retreated and kept quiet, patiently waiting for what would happen next just like I was.

A sharp slap sound reverberated across the space, followed by a loud burst of mocking laughter.

The rogue wolf who had observed my scent winced in pain as he rubbed the back of his head with a tight frown. An older rogue wolf, who was responsible for the slap sound, grinned from ear to ear. "Don't be childish. Crowberries?" He scoffed. "It would have been easier if you had just said that you were hungry."

It dawned on me that the rogue wolf that spotted me was the youngest of them all...

I felt a depth of relief grip me. They still had no idea I was in, and from the looks of it, no one would follow that scent, not when they believed their subordinate didn't smell out the right thing. The young rogue wolf immediately defended himself "That's not what I-"

"If you are that hungry, you should go into the woods and hunt, or you go to the kitchen and request for a meal." Another rogue wolf advised, cutting him short.

Others joined in and made a jest of the young rogue wolf. He was called different kinds of names and forced to stay quiet.

Suddenly, another silence settled in the room. From the way the wolves stared blankly at a particular spot, I could easily tell that they were having a mind link, or someone was mind linking them.

Chaos broke in as the rogues suddenly threw their drinks aside, the initial smile on their faces were wiped off as shouts rang out from among them.

"We have been invaded. There are warriors in the palace!" One of them yelled as the others sprang to action.

small corner shrouded in the shadows as the men left the dungeon. The rogues left in a hurry, and for a moment I prayed that Eros and my parents would be safe, and that Eros would stick to the plan and not complicate matters. By the

stretched long, and it was filled with people who looked like they no

'shush' gesture. Some of them were too weak to move or even

They looked horrible.

sat on the floor, looking terrible and starved. Adonis was positioned against her lap,

saw me, she perked up and sprang into action as she gently placed Adonis on the floor and approached me. She held the

out my name in excitement

and looked around to make sure no rogue

rogues come back and meet you here, they will kill you." Beauty said in horror. "They won't. I'm here for you, for all of you.

snapped. "You cannot do it

in pain and I

held in her breath, and

hideout,

nowhere to be found either." Beauty looked back at Adonis, "we tried to fight back but Pison

enough to defend ourselves..."

rip through me once more. I wasn't there when all of this happened. I should have been with them when the camp was destroyed, instead I crept out, my

they do to

pursed her lips, I saw the anger flash in her eyes as

rogues have

with some strange substance. They do it

answer their questions. They are trying to break him.

"The rogues did

Beauty nodded.