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.

the people. "From now on, Eden's parents are to be

got louder and I looked away from

making this any easier for

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

her breaths heavier as she struggled to hold

Pison done to

occupied with these thoughts when a slight commotion at the entrance of

looked up and frowned when I saw Alice along with a few warriors match into the hall.

flooded my memory and I felt my heart grow heavy

nothing

and I

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

could someone

the tone of her voice came out too intimately and

raised a brow in surprise. Pison? Wasn't

could see the muscle on his

will address me properly or I will have

a

softly and

him. "I have made my choice Eden will be queen. She will be in

and looked Pison in the eyes. "You promised me the throne." Pison opened his