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.

quickly retreated, diving into a 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

who looked like they no

I placed a finger on my lips and made a 'shush' gesture. Some of them

They looked horrible.

terrible and starved. Adonis was positioned against her lap, as

me, she perked up and sprang into action as she gently placed Adonis on

my name in excitement but I

looked around to make sure no rogue

"You should leave, if the 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. I came to save my

ridiculous." Beauty snapped. "You cannot do

said. Adonis groaned in pain and

she held in her breath, and released it

hideout, unexpectedly

were nowhere to be found either." Beauty looked back at Adonis, "we tried to

enough to defend ourselves..."

all of this happened. I should have been with them when the camp was destroyed, instead I crept out, my heart tied to Eros. I looked behind Beauty at Adonis who had gone too pale and was

to

pursed her lips, I saw the anger flash in

rogues have been

with some strange substance. They do it to

refuses to answer their questions. They are trying to break him. Beauty said the

"The rogues

Beauty nodded.