The Beta’s Regret

My heart broke into tiny little pieces as I watched Ryker suspended in such an agonizing state.

How was this even possible, to treat a powerful hybrid in such a manner. I had always known King Pison could be evil, but I never imagined it would get to this level.

I felt tears slip down my face, and I quickly wiped it off with the back of my hand.

This was the peak of evil. They were nothing short of monsters. My resolve to take Pison out grew stronger.

An image of what Ryker had been before now flashed through my mind and I swallowed hard. Ryker who had always been full of life has been reduced to nothing but a mere shadow of himself.

His body was battered beyond recognition, the bruises on his skin were fresh and looked extremely painful. All hope that I could save my people from King Pison's torture began to evaporate like smoke...

King Pison and his men were past being wicked. They were demons. It would be no surprise if Hades himself had possessed King Pison, considering the kind of things he was doing.

It was clear that King Pison derived pleasure from people's pain, and it was sickening. My skin crawled in disgust.

I knew I had to do something, anything to save Ryker, Adonis and others.

I studied the iron pipes that were attached to Ryker, it looked like they were connected to a source. I followed the trail of iron pipes that snaked through the darkened corridors of the dungeon. Finally, I saw a large Iron box where all the iron pipes were connected to.

The source.

I took a step closer, and my stomach immediately churned in disgust.

Wolfsbane.

widened. That was what King Pison was putting into

scrunch

For what reason?

rooted to the

I heard faint

"We need to move away from here. Someone is coming."

hide so that they wouldn't see me easily. There was

same time the rogue entered the dungeon. I stayed glued to the world and held my breath, tightening my coat around Lily and I to lessen the acidic smell of the wolfsbane. The rogue who perceived the Crowberries entered, his face etched into a tight frown, his gaze fixed forward. His lips moved rapidly on a low

but just a stupid pup... And so, they wouldn't let me catch the intruders with them, He huffed and

against the wall.

a moment as the rogue poured out his frustration and fury. He

you dumbwit?"he barked out at some of

needed to escape from here. I was beginning to feel the effect of the wolfsbane and I knew that if I stayed longer here, it was

becomes harmful to Lily.

the rogue moved away from where I was and seeing it as an opportunity, I quickly slipped away from the dungeon into the dark corridors of the palace, my

in different directions of the palace, and I followed two of them who held royal

mean they were going to Pison's chambers. I

hallways attached to the one we took, and I tried hard not to

took another turn down the hallway deeper into the palace, and finally, they came to a stop in front of a

the chamber was cold, and dreadful. It was almost

the door and waited for a moment before they stepped in. I followed. The maids took no notice of me as I

behind it, I could see the outlay of the chamber. This part was some sort of open area that led

chamber.