The Beta’s Regret

(Eden's Pov)

I woke up to sunlight filtering into the tent. For a moment, I was in a haze as figures hovered over me.

Their shapes were blurry, but their presence was strong enough to tell me who they were.

As my sight became better, the first person I saw clearly was my mother. Tears rolled down her face as she blew her nose noisily into a handkerchief. My father stood beside her with a frown etched into his face. Beauty and Adonis were positioned next to them, their faces wearing worry lines.

A chill rocked me.

I know the agony on their face was beyond my fainting spell. If anything, it was a confirmation of what I feared the most.

Still, I wanted to know the truth, to hear from their lips once more that it is exactly what they said before.

"Eros." I started softly. "Is he really gone?" the last part came out in a whisper. I gripped the side of the dress waiting for an answer...

"Yes." Adonis finally squeaked out. "Eros is dead."

The world literally spun. My heart stopped, and my breath seized for a moment. Suddenly everything became too hard to bear.

I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that Eros is dead. How is that even possible?

I screamed for it to be a lie, but deep down, I knew it wasn't.

How could this happen?

My hands shook. I almost tore off my dress in my desire to run far away from this reality. I tried hard to hold myself together so I wouldn't completely fall apart.

But I was completely swallowed by the grief. It was almost as if I could no longer reason. I had a great urge to scream, to rip the world into pieces, but all that came out was a strangled sob as tears began to drop from my eyes.

A floodgate was suddenly opened. I wailed uncontrollably.

We all cried now.

My wolf, Tiara was silent. Her grief was too great to be expressed. She was still in denial that her mate was no more. She should have known, or at least felt something, but she didn't.

How possible was that? It was almost as if I couldn't feel him.

Tiara, retreated into some kind of shell that I couldn't break into. I could feel the pain she felt, the despair, and most of all the guilt.

We should have been there, right beside him.

She was lost just as I was.

This wasn't what we planned, Eros and I. We were supposed to rule together, side by side as equals. As е

king and queen, to rule the people justly. We were supposed to raise our kids together and build a solid family. But now, how do I do all of

that alone? How do I rain of

our child

without my mate?

The tears flowed freely.

With a loud cry, I raised my face upward, my voice thick with the bitterness I felt.

"Why? Why him? Why would you take my mate away from me? Why don't you take my life instead?" I cursed at the moon goddess, hitting my chest hard.

My father immediately engulfed me

in his arms as he tried to hold me still "Don't say that, Eden. You are precious to me, to all of us. We are here for you, no matter what He said firmly.

I allowed him to comfort me as I sobbed into his shoulders.

"How can I do this all alone, father?" I asked. "What do I do now? How will I raise our pup on my own?"

He wiped the tears off my face. "You are the strongest person I have ever met, Eden. You would have to keep pushing on for him and your son. You have us; you are not alone."

I knew my father meant well, and he was playing his fatherly role well, but his words didn't bring sudden ease to my heart like I would wish.

A young man suddenly entered the tent. He greeted everyone, and turned to me "My lady, the people wish to see you."

I wiped my face and looked at him with a frown. "The people?"

He nodded, "Yes."novelbin

I looked at my father and Adonis. They both gave me encouraginge nods. Beauty helped me out of bed, and made sure I looked presentable I before nudging at me to follow the young man outside.

My body felt numb, my movements slow.

As I stepped outside, I was faced with silence and a feeling of reverence hit me.

My eyes widened in shock when the people, in different groups, knelt down and chanted in one breath. "Lead us! Queen Eden!"