The Beta’s Regret

(Eden's

Pov)

King Pison immediately pulled away from me.

I had no idea what happened, but I suddenly felt anger surge in him.

I figured it must be related to the person who knocked on the door. The news he delivered to Pison must have set him off.

I watched him in confusion, desperate to know exactly what was going on.

I was here on a mission after all, and I wouldn't mind doing whatever it took to get Pison wrapped between my fingers, as long as I wouldn't sleep with him or do anything intimate with him. The goal is to seduce him, sweet talk him into waiting for me and all that... and then strike hard!

"What is it?" I asked him

Pison looked at me. I saw his eyes darken with desire, his jaw ticked furiously as he swallowed back.

"Palace business." Pison answered softly.

I swallowed the bile that rose in my chest as I made up my mind to get my answer. I pursed my lips and placed one hand on his chest.

I felt Pison struggle slightly before he growled. He couldn't hold himself.

"Tell me, what is it?" I asked again.

He grabbed my wrist and halted the movement of my fingers his skin "Intruders." Pison said. "They've caught the intruders."

My blood went cold.

Intruders? What intruders?

a safe distance from me lest

it; wait here." Pison told me as he moved

thumped heavily. Could it be Eros and my

plan was to invade after I was able to get to Pison, but then were they the intruders that were caught? Or was it

I panicked.

captured, but I had a feeling this was bad,

about to

should stay

my

my lips, I knew I had made a mistake. That was

paused and gave me a long look. I could see

to get

am to be queen; would like to see how to make decisions, to learn.

exactly the way it

I said in a

He looked past me

will send a maid to tend to

held his elbow out to me, and I wrapped my hand around it

of

part of me hoped desperately that Eros was not a part of the intruders. That would ruin

could lead to

the kind of things that he

and I were led to an

the sight that greeted me. A large number of people who looked like they

around with whips, which they used on the people, forcing them to

eyes caught sight of some of the wolves from the

seeing my

my fists in anger as Pison and I made our way through the people. I could