The Beta’s Regret

(Eden's Pov)

Siblings?

One, a light and the other intense darkness.

They stared at each other, eye to eye without a flinching.

Before I could blink, the fight between Hades and the moon goddess exploded. The sudden shift in the air oozed of violence.

Hades struck a blow at the moon goddess which she evaded with a swift shift.

She attacked with a strike of her staff at him which he was also quick to avoid.

The skies slowly began to change colour, dark clouds closing over the fading blood moon. The darkness that threatened to follow was thick and intense.

Thunder rumbled and lightning struck in the farthest distance. The noise came with a raging wind that shook up the trees and grasses around.

My hair whipped around my face and I quickly brushed it back, eager to see the end of this.

Suddenly, the wind calmed, and another uproar began again, it was peace and storm, light and darkness as the atmosphere changed intermittently.

I still held Lily close to me as she whimpered in my arms. I knew she could feel the change in the atmosphere and it was affecting her greatly.

Worried about the infant, I placed her against my chest, her heartbeat against mine, it was surprisingly calm, almost as if she knew that in that moment all that I needed was a certain comfort that her steady heart beat offered.

I noticed that with every tension that rocked my body, Lily reacted to it. She wasn't scared of what was happening around her, she whimpered because she felt the tension in me.

looked at me, her soft innocent

a hand to my hair and wrapped a strand around her finger which she

fought furiously, their movements a blur of speed as they went

what they said to each other. I listened well, and began to hear what they were saying, their voices hidden beneath the rage. The words hit me with

moon goddess said angrily. "No matter how much the Supreme God tries to give you a chance, you never

sneered. "Father has never given me a chance. You have always been the golden child, child of the light, the one he favours." The bitterness in Hades' voice was great. "You got all of his love,

"It wasn't about who was better or about favour and Love. Father loved you, and you know

the gods as they were exchanged in

discern, Hades must have imagined that his father, who they referred to as

bitterness for centuries and made him grow lonely

why did Father put you in charge and made you rule over his creations?" Hades

left." The moon goddess

supposed to do, hang

that why you want to destroy everything Father created?" She

"You

peaceful reign. I will always turn your people.against each other.

is one person to

is over. And I have prepared something greater..." He paused. "Pison's daughter, Lily; Zion's second

My heart paused.

half? What did he mean

moon goddess suddenly overpowered Hades and with a lightning

couldn't recover easily. The

the atmosphere