The Beta’s Regret

(Eden's Pov)

"I like the sound of that." Pison whispered with a plastered smug grin across his face. I could see that the public display of my intentions had given him the final conviction he wanted. However, that effect of my words on others was different.

I shivered in disgust as my skin rubbed against Pison. The moment was torture, and I was tempted to run away and scrub my skin clean of Pison's repulsive scent.

The scent of a monster. Rotten and evil.

The people around us looked at me with hate filled eyes. Eyes that spoke about their pain and disappointment in me. I had dashed their hopes by siding with Pison, and acting like I liked him...

They didn't say a word, but their eyes said it all. That I was a traitor. My throat tightened as I forced down the tears that threatened to spill

I couldn't bear it, the looks of despair.

I felt guilt weighing on me but I knew I had no other choice. This was the only option.

I glanced at them, my eyes pleading for them to understand but they refuse to see it. They couldn't see past the pretense I had to put up to save everyone. How could they see through it when Pison himself seemed to believe everything I said. They saw me as their enemy now.

I was now a stranger to my own people.

All I wanted to do at the moment was to grab Pison by the neck and squeeze the life out of him for all he had done. I wanted so badly to tear him apart that it pained me holding myself back from doing exactly what I wanted.

Pison's smile got wider as he faced his warriors.

That order sent an uproar of shock amongst the people. "From now on, Eden's parents are to

of disbelief got louder and I looked away from

wasn't making this any easier for

if they disobeyed, they turned to my parents and roughly pulled them free of the silver chains that bond their hands together. Lord

breaths heavier as

done to

still occupied with these thoughts when a slight commotion at the

a few warriors match into the hall. They came to

once shared flooded my memory and I felt my heart grow heavy

nothing

watched me, and I

of guilt on her face before her eyes flicked to the point where I held Pison intimately, and felt her anger surge at what she saw Alice looked at me in disgust,

How could someone

her voice came out too intimately and a

in surprise. Pison? Wasn't that a

the muscle on

"You will address me properly or I will have you head next

a step back. "I'm

growled softly and

Eden will be queen. She will be

shot up. "What?" Her head whipped my way. "Her?" she whispered and looked Pison in the eyes. "You promised me the throne." Pison opened his palm in a nonchalant