The Beta’s Regret

(Eden's Pov)

The moment Alice stepped out of the room, I let my guard down and relaxed.

I took a deep breath, and allowed the fury I felt to evaporate. I never intended to get so worked up, but Alice had a way of bringing out the worst in me, and I wasn't about to back down.

If my plan was to go accordingly, I couldn't allow anyone else to stand in my way. This wasn't only about what I wanted or about saving myself. This was about saving the people that trusted me to protect them, saving the people I failed.

I felt uneasy as my heart hung heavy in my chest. I had a fight ahead of me, one I wasn't sure I would come out of unscathed but one thing I was sure of, was that I wouldn't fail my people, not again.

A knock on the door caught my attention, and I turned to look at it in curiosity.

Was Alice back again?

I went to the door and pulled it open. My brows raised when I saw two maids one taller than the other stood behind it with fresh bath towels in their hands.

"My lady." They chorused.

"What do you want?" I asked.

One of the ladies, the taller one replied. "His highness asked us to get you ready for the night."

I looked back at the towels in their hands and I sighed. What I needed was time alone to myself, not to have people running around trying to please me.

However, I couldn't turn them away. I needed to act as if I wanted this much more than anything else. Pison has to think that I was just as vain as the other women trying to get the crown. If I turned them away, Pison might suspect I hadn't really changed. I pulled the door open wider.

"Come on in." I said softly.

The maids entered, heads bowed. They hurried towards the bathroom, and spent a few minutes adding various oils before they coming back to my side.

"The bath is ready." The tall one spoke again.

I shook my head in answer.

to move when the maids got closer to me and reached for my

I stopped them. "I will do it

look and nodded before stepping

a part of what I had to do. When I was done, I allowed the maids to lead me to the bath

I allowed it to work its

what I needed, but I would have preferred it

comfort when I felt the maids

felt like forever, I stepped out of the bath and the water dried off my skin with the towels they brought along, after which they helped me into

out of the room as if they were

palace, maids running around in fear. Was it all because

bed, my eyes fixed on the ceiling. I was just about to drift into sleep when I heard a

sat up with

That voice. Zion?

Did my parents come along with my son? Or was Eros

for too long before she took over. I dashed for the opened room window and

head tilted to the side as she listened for the

she was sure, she ran towards it. Thankfully, there was no one else in sight. It was past midnight and the

were probably about to

would be over if Pison caught me,

all through the side of the palace to the garden at the

The girl turned, the light of the moon casting a glow on her face as she

assumed she was killed in the

for her. Pison would kill her in

I looked around. There was no sign of my son or anyone else

when Lamia smiled

would if you heard the voice of your son" she said with a soft

Zion?" I narrowed my gaze at her. "He's

shrugged. "No. I

Lamia was definitely a strange girl. Till now, I had no idea she was aware of her powers. Had she been playing with

widened. "You