Chapter 186
My heartbeat thumped rapidly. I was sure I would lose him in a matter of minutes if I kept to the forest trees.
But I didn’t.
The faster I walked, the more Ryker tried to keep up. At one point, I began to slow down. My energy level began to drop, and I couldn’t walk as fast as I wanted.
I heard Ryker coming behind me, his steps were almost too quiet on the forest ground, but I heard him clearly.
I swallowed hard to ease the dryness in my throat. My heartbeat was faster, and my hands went numb from exhaustion.
“What is happening?” I mumbled“Why can’t I walk faster? Tiara?”
“Our child. We need to protect it.” Tiara said.
I frowned, placing one hand on my belly. “What?”
“We are pregnant, Eden.” Tiara said with excitement. “We have a pup. We need to tell our mate.”
I stopped.
“Wait- a child? How can I be pregnant already? I would know if I was pregnant.”
“You are pregant, Eden, and we much protect it.” Tiara answered.
I was speechless. Then I remembered the good sex I had with Eros in my room, just before Lord Shevek came into the picture.
I felt my stomach clench a little and I was nervous. I wasn’t sure I was ready to be a mother.
Not when I wasn’t sure if I would get Eros back or not. I don’t want to have a child without a father. I wanted my child to enjoy the bliss of having parents.
However, a certain depth of joy overwhelmed me. No matter how anxious I felt, I was happy to journey on the path of motherhood.
A protective instinct sprang from within me, and I imagined holding a baby in my arms. I remembered the words of the moon goddess.
She said my child would be great; I had to protect him no matter what.
But I still had no idea what she meant by danger. Was Lord Shevek the danger?
Suddenly, a twig snapped behind me. I turned sharply and saw Ryker.
“I was beginning to think I would never catch up with you,” he said as he stepped out from behind a tree, his hands clasped behind him.
I sighed.
“What are you doing here?” I kept walking, more slowly. I might as well try not run away from him. “What do you want?”
Ryker chuckled.
“I should be asking you what you are doing here.” Ryker said. “Last I remembered, you were supposed to be getting ready for the initiation ceremony.”
I scrunched my
face.
“It’s none of your business.” I snapped.
Ryker chuckled. “I saw you when you sneaked out of the house. And I decided to follow you.”
I stopped and looked at him in surprise. “You followed me?”
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He nodded.
How did I not notice?
As if he read my mind. Ryker smiled. “I’m good at getting unnoticed. If I didn’t want you to know I followed you, you wouldn’t
know.”
Once again, I was struck by how similar he looked to Eros.
I looked away and continued walking. I wasn’t pleased that Ryker had invaded my privacy in such a manner.
“So why did you sneak out of the mansion to use a pay phone? You could have asked for a phone in the mansion.” He said.
I eyed him. Could it be that he didn’t hear my conversation?
I was taken aback as he continued; his voice became louder and bitter, and his eyes turned red from anger.
I stepped back, scared. He soon realized what he had done and gasped.
I didn’t bother to reply. I was desperate to get out of there, and so I turned and started walking as fast I could through the
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Beta's Regret (Eden and Eros)
This book is basically the same as Catching Genesis by Nicole Riddley, so don't waste your time on the crappy zoom and random % and 1/4 idk bout y'all but that got annoying quick...
I'm so in love with this storyyyy OMGGGGGGG...
Hey, its wrong chapter... Ch 258 is missing...
Does anyone know when the next chapter will be released?? The suspense is killing me!...
Not sure why it is so difficult to read from chapter 8....it's like it is zoomed in permanently, I can't see the end of the sentences......