The Beta's Regret (Eden and Eros)

Chapter 105

The pack members eyed me warily as I stood frozen in my tracks Arthur put his hand on my back and gently nudged met

forward.

"They are not going to bite you. Go on,"

I gave him a nervous smile as he cleared his throat.

"She is Eden Willow, now a member of our pack. Please welcome her" He said, and a tense silence followed suit. The pack members kept looking at each other and nobody said a word.

The feeling that this had been a bad idea kept intensifying, and I debated walking back out of the gate.

I hesitantly raised one of my hand and waved at them all. Still, there was no reaction I looked worriedly at Arthur, who murmured

"Oh I should have told you this before. Eros never took in a new member in the pack under any circumstances. That was his rule

My eyes grew wide as saucers as I looked at him and said through gritted teeth.

Then you should have told me that before bringing me here."

Anthar shrugged. "Well, I didn't think you would last even a day. He never took anyone, so I believed he would drive you off in hours the first day you were brought in

I made a face. "Thanks for the motivation" Arthur scratched the back of his head as I whispered, "Why does lie never take anybody in?"

But before Arthur could answer, an elderly woman stepped forward. She was wearing a pale black dress and had wrinkles on her face.

Her hair was tied behind in a messy bun and there were a few necklaces and bracelets upon her person.

The elderly woman stepped forward, a stick in her hand that she used to slowly walk forward. I gulped nervously as she kept coming closer.

I wanted to step back, but Arthur muttered low in his breath to keep still. And I did that,

The woman came and stood directly in front of me while Arthur mumbled, "Hello Elder Ruth, how are you doing today?"

However, Elder Ruth did not say a word to him. She kept staring at me and then slowly began circling me while observing me from head to toe. Once, she even poked at my legs, startling me, but I sensed the watchful gazes of all the pack members on me, so I kept quiet

When she completed her slow circle around me, she came to stand in front of me again and titled her head.

"What is your name!"

Arthur interrupted before I could open my mouth "She is Eden

However, Elder Ruth raised her hand and showed him her that hand to indicate him to shut up. He promptly did as she looked at me.

Her voice was sharp and clear for her age, though I was not entirely sure what age bracket would she fit in.

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"H-Hello, my

is Eden Willow," I answered and Elder Ruth grunted.

"What pack did you belong to?"

"Silvermoon pack"

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"Never heard of it before," she mumbled, mostly to herself.

"It is one of the smaller packs down North." I supplied, but she only groaned again in response.

She then put her hand on my chin and moved my face to the left and then to the right, examining me. I was stunned.

My gaze flicked to the other pack members who were only standing and watching curiously, probably waiting for her judgement that I was not a spy or something.

Elder Ruth did some more poking, caught a strand of my hair in her hand and took a whiff followed by other odd things that I only kept watching in confusion before she finally took a step back from me.

Placing her stick on the ground, she looked at me and took a lengthy pause as I felt everybody wait for her verdict with a hated breath.

After what felt like an eternity, she finally spoke, "Welcome home."

Whatever she said next was drowned in a melody as everybody just ran towards me and began cheering and clapping loudly,

I was too confused by the sudden change of behavior and I looked at Arthur, who had been pushed back a little as

everybody clamored around me.

He gave me a wistful smile, which I returned as everybody shook hands and introduced themselves to me, but I could not even remember the names of half of them.

Everything was happening too fast. And when then when their mitial excitement subsided, the crowd thinned while my eyes fell on Elder Ruth, who was still looking at me with curiosity.

She motioned for me to follow her and she began walking towards a huge structure that I assumed was the

It

packhouse.

It was a big building made of wood and brick with several rooms that would probably serve as guest rooms, or maybe people lived there for all I knew,

She took the small flight of stairs up which I saw her struggle a little. I tried to offer her support, but she denied and kept using her stick to climb up and finally enter one of the many rooms, Arthur was tailing behind and he too entered the empty room that only had a few chairs and some extra furniture.

Elder Ruth sat on one of the chair and motioned for me to sit on one in front. of her.

I did as instructed while she looked at Arthur. "Are you going to babysit her when I am there already?"

Arthur tried to suppress a chuckle, and he gave my hand a reassuring squeeze as he walked out, closing the door.

hat left me and Elder Ruth in the room.

"So why did the hybrid king take you in?"

I pushed back a lock of hair that was falling on my face and replied, "Hmm, My Father offered me to him."

Elder Ruth raised an eyebrow. "Is that the only reason?"

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She asked sharply. I wanted to say that I was King Eros mate in my previous life but decided against it.

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I nodded, and she leaned forward and whispered, "Are you happy or do you hate Eros for bringing you here? Away from your home?"

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion

Elder Ruth tilted her head and her gaze ran up from my feet to my face, studying me intently before she asked another question.

"Were you sent to him as a spy? Do you plan to hurt him? Or use him for your personal benefit?"

Was I supposed to say I worshiped the ground he walked on? His pack members might be honor bound to say that, but 1

wasn't.

I also feared if I said I had a peculiar thing for hirm that whenever I tried hating him with fervor somehow my body betrayed me, she would think of me as some wannabe girl who could not keep her hands to herself.

I debated my answer for a while and then muttered, "He rules all of us, but I don't think my pack cared about me enough to entrust me with the act of spying for them."

The sweet face of my mother as she kept looking at me with so much love, and sadness that my eyes nearly watered I got up from the chair and turned away, not wanting her to see my tears and pain. If she did not trust me with my words, certainly could not open up in front of her and give her more things to poke at.

"If you are done with your interrogation, I would very much like to leave," I replied curtly, not bothering that I would draw the fury of the elder woman.

Without bothering to wait for her reply, I stomped towards the door, opened the door, and walked out of the room.

The sun had risen quite high in the sky and it was late afternoon by the time everybody left me on my own.

Elder Ruth had interrogated me for a while but then somehow decided I was either stupid to bring harm to the pack or was not strong enough to harm others myself.

Either way, I was glad that she had stopped interrogating me. If she did not trust me, that was her problem. My father had sold me off, and in fact, Eros was the one who was angry when I tried to run away, Wiping the tears off my face, I began walking towards the gate, wanting to leave this place.

Thankfully, everybody had left to do their respective works, so I was not hounded by the pack members on my way to the gate

But the moment I reached the gate, a familiar voice called out to me.