The Beta’s Regret

None of the representatives from the Silvermoon pack or Heartburn Pack seems happy with the outcome of the meeting

When the king and the Hybrids are involved, nobody can do anything but obey. The only person who seemed satisfied with the result is my Aunt; Luna Meredith.

Her niece is claimed by a Hybrid. Her pack now has a connection to royalty, and the King, Which is quite an honor to our family, she claimed.

Aunt Meredith walked out of the meeting room looking extremely proud and pleased. The elders of the werewolf council look upset, and Theo looks furious.

I watched my mom, Aunt Meredith. An elder of the werewolf council, Lord Tombull, Eros, Arthur, and Adonis talk outside the building.

I stood under a tree, away from everybody else. Beauty stood beside me, looking so calm and elegant.

“How did you and Adonis meet?” I asked her curiously.

She smiled We met at a market in the 18’s,” she said.

“I was almost 19, I had no family apart from an aunt and my uncle who raised me. I hadn’t yet found my mate and was about to be forced to mate with a man 15 years my senior. Adonis just appeared out of nowhere… I thought him to be the most beautiful looking man I’d ever seen. I could’t take my eyes off of him. I thought that if I blinked, he’d disappear,” she laughed softly.

“We mated and marked each other soon after we met. He took me away from there. Here I am with him now. The only place I want to be is with him.”

That p

got me thinking about me and Eros. I know I asked for time… But I think I am ready to mated and marked by him now. Question is, how do I tell him that I am ready? I can’t just bring the subject up. It would be embarrassing.

“What are you thinking? You’re blushing again,” Beauty gave a knowing smile.

“Errm,” I stuttered “Eros and I haven’t mated or marked each other yet. I told him I’d like some time…”

“And let me guess, now you’re ready,” she tilted her eyebrows.

Then she cleared her throat “Tell you what, it’s really hard for them to wait. Hybrids instinct just like werewolves is to mark and mate with their mates right away. It doubles for them if I may say… I think Erps is trying to show you how far he’s willing to go for you even if it kills himn.

He just needs a little signal, or an encouragement, that’s all…”

“How do I give him a signal?”

She giggled, and whispered wickedly in my ear, “you simply seduce him.”

Woahhhhhh.

Suddenly, Eros leaves the

group. His blue

eyes zoned on me like he knew where I was the whole time.

He gallantly walked towards me, and my heartbeat accelerated.

His hair was mused up sexily, wind–blown. His suit, impeccable, gulped, unable to look away.

“See you around, Beauty,” he said without looking at her, and then took hold of my hand gently.

Beauty laughed softly, and winked at me.

“Where are we going?” I asked him as he ushered me into his Bugatti.

“I have something to show you,” he answered, gracefully sliding behind the wheel.

“What is it?” I asked curiously

“No matter what I show you, do you promise not to freak out and run away from me?”

Woah. Now he is making me nervous.

“Uhm, I’ll try. What is it?”

He didn’t answer, instead he glanced at me from the corner of his eyes and took my hand in his.

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He held my hand tightly like he was never letting go.

“So, I know your cousin to be king but then Lord Tombull mentioned you to be a prince…” I said after a few minutes of

silence.

I knew Beauty had said something of him being a prince but for Lord Tombull to announce him as one then it’s really

serious.

“Yeah,” he answered, maneuvering the car out onto the main street. The roar of the engine is enough to set my pulse racing- Everything about him screams power, and wealth.

Sometimes I wonder what he sees in me.

“Actually my parents were the preceding King and Queen of the Werewolves and Hybrids.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

He lifted an eyebrow “Would it make any difference?”

I sat silently, and thought “Not really. It’s just that being engaged to a royal is a lot talk more of a Prince,”

He swallowed “Well, I left the throne for my cousin. It’s something that happens in my world. A prince can choose to not to be king and allocate to another. But when the kingdom isn’t thriving as it ought to, then the people can demand that the original Prince ascends the throne… and I don’t see that happening any time soon because my cousin, the king is doing

well…”

Then he smirked “Or perhaps, would you want to be Queen?”

My eyes widened. He cracks into laughter “you should have see your face. I have watched you for a while and I know that you want a simple life,”

I nodded “Yes, I want a simple life. A life away from dramas,” I said sincerely.

“So, tell me about your parents?”

“Well, my parents are simply good Hybrids. But not the best parents. They were always so busy running the kingdom that they lost us.” he said sadly

“U?” I asked surprised “you weren’t the only child?”

“No. I had a sister. Her name was Regina,” his eyes dimmed in sadness

“What happened?” I asked slowly

“She killed herself,”

Noooooooo000000.

I rubbed him palm tightly, not knowing what to say.

“She left a note. A note to my parents about their neglect. I vowed never to be like my parents,” he said, and killed a tear.

I understood where he was coming from. The pain, scar in his heart. Why he left the throne. He wants to be a better parent for his children. He doesn’t want history to repeat itself.

“I’m sorry.” I lifted his palm and kissed it softly. It was what I could do. We’re driving, if not I would have hugged him.

I really don’t know what I would do if Olivia takes her life. This is my cue to being nicer to my sister…

“Thank you, but it was over decades ago,” he said

“But you loved her.”

“Regina was the sweetest, and gentlest soul. She was kind like you,” he smiled.

I blushed “Are you sure you’re talking about me?” I said, smiling up at him.

“Yes, my Buner,” he declared sweetly. This time he lifted my hand and kissed it “You might be naughty, mischievous and the funniest girl I have ever met… But you’re also the sweetest and loving creature I know,”

All shades of adorable. My heart was going to burst.

We arrived at his home. And he pulled me closer and kissed my forehead. I giggled.

Then he stretched his hand “Come with me,” he said, leading me carefully out of the car.

We got into his bedroom, and he pushed open a curtain. A door was right there, then he enters a code in a keypad on the door.

He looked at me worriedly before opening the door to a big room with a high ceiling. I gasped when we walked in. It was a picture room or something of sort.

There were pictures, frames of different kinds. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

I looked closer at them.

Are those of me???

They were all pictures of me in various poses, and expressions.

There was one of me in the library, being engrossed in a book. Another of me, staring longingly out the window, in a classroom

Me laughing with my friends. Me crying-

Wooali

There were like a hundred of them. Pictures dated a

year ago.

Did he take the pictures in his phone or camera, and printed it? flow?

The whole studio is like a shrine of me. A normal girl would have sprinted out of the room screaming “Stalker! Help!”

But this doesn’t freak or creep me out though. I am actually flattered. I feel deeply cherished.

Eros eyes

creep/m

never left my face as I studied the room.

“You’re the first person seeing this,” he said quietly “now are you going to run away screaming?”

I chuckled “why?”

“Because you now know how obsessed I am with you,” he said quietly.

My insides burn with excitement. I too, might have taken some few shots of him in my phone too. It’s just that I never printed them….

I mean why should I? And risk Olivia calling me a creep. And then Theo came along.

“Well, I just might some unaware pictures of you too in my phone,” I said, sheepishly.

“You don’t say,” his eyes lit up “can I see them too?”

“Sure,” I said and brought my phone from my purse. I went to my hidden photos and showed it to him.

His eyes twinkled in surprise, and happiness “I didn’t think you were oggling, or interested in me at all.”

I laughed, pulling him closer “You’re like the most beautiful creature to ever walk upon this realm. I spent nights fantasizing us together. I was the one who didn’t think you noticed me at all

“I did Butter, and like you, you’re the most sexy woman and ever he smirked huskily.

Seduce him. That was what beauty said.

I ran my fingers down his black inner sleeve, and slowly unbutton a few “wanna see real sexy? I could go naked and pose for you,” I said sultrily, caressing his bare chest.

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