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

me as he moved away from me and went straight to his

thumped heavily. Could it

I was able to get to

I panicked.

this was bad, very bad. I couldn't shake off the fear and despair that snaked itself over

followed Pison as he was about to leave. He stopped

stay here." He

my

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

look. I could see the doubt

was beginning to

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

the

in a

smiled and nodded in acknowledgment. He looked past me and Lily, who was still asleep on

send a maid to tend

to me, and I wrapped my hand around it

of

Eros was not a part of the intruders. That would ruin everything. Pison

lead to our

think of the kind of things that he would do to

heart in my throat, Pison and I were led to an open space where they

that greeted me. A large number of people who looked like they had been starved for the

others carried out other tasks. Warriors walked around with

the wolves from the camp that

gruesome sight, seeing my

tightened my fists in anger as Pison and I made our way