The Beta's Regret (Eden and Eros) novel Chapter 266

(King Pison’s Pov)

Finally, she was inside.

I could smell her intoxicating scent mixed heavily with the smell of crowberries all the way from the inner chamber.

I almost laughed out loud at the thought. Of course! She must have tried hard to mask her scent just so she could escape my guards; that was smart, but it would never work for a wolf as powerful as I was.

I was no longer a mere hybrid wolf. I had Hades' power coursing through my veins, and nothing could ever skip my notice except I chose to let it, just like how Hades had informed me the minute Eden entered palace territory.

I became curious if she would be able to evade my rogues and get to me.

Well, she did.

I sniffed, and a slight shiver ran through me at the scent. Even with the Crowberries, her scent still excited me.

I got out of bed, and a maid rushed to my side and bowed slightly as she obediently followed behind me.

When we got out of the inner chambers, other maids who had been drawing a bath for me rushed to my side.

I smirked. I was sure Eden could see all of this. This was the kind of life she would get if she became mine.

“Leave everyone.” I said in a dismissive tone. I could sense the doubt among the maids, but they wasted no time in obeying my command.

They knew what it would mean: immediate punishment.

As soon as the maids were out, I turned in the direction I knew Eden hid. I lifted my arms and allowed the towel around my waist to fall to my feet, baring myself before Eden.

I heard her squeak, obviously shocked at what I just did. I smirked.

I took another sniff and noticed that aside from Eden’s scent, there was another. I felt my protective instincts stir. My pup.

“I know you are here; I can smell you. Come out.” I said.

She didn't answer immediately. It was almost as if she didn't hear a word I said. I felt my annoyance pick at her abrupt disregard of my command.

“You cannot hide from me.” I said.

There was a heavy sigh before Eden shuffled her feet and stepped out from behind the curtain she was hidden in, her eyes fixed on me in a way that made me stir strangely but I fought hard for control.

God! She was such a beauty. I could never tire of just looking at the delicate structure of her face and body. And to think that beneath all of that, she was as stubborn as a mule.

I grinned. That wasn't a problem. I could always bend her to my will; it made it more… exciting.

My eyes ran up and down her length. I could see why the moon goddess would choose to use her as an instrument just like I was for Hades.

The minute that horrifying hell god had informed me of Eden’s blessings, I was in doubt, but seeing her now, that aura that just seemed to come off her in light waves, I believed. She was indeed…something else.

The moon goddess chose her to give birth to the chosen child, I was told. Eros's child. I felt my fists tighten in anger. There could only be one chosen child, which is my pup. Hades' choice.

I had a lot to do, and one of them was making sure Eden’s pup never survives childhood. I would kill the little thing just like I did his father and turn his mother into my whore.

I knew what Hades thought about it; he hated that idea as much as I loved it, me having Eden in my bed, squirming as I took her to the peak of ecstasy and back.

Hades believes Eden might be my doom, but I could also be her doom. I wanted everything Eros owns, including Eden, and nothing could stop me from getting whatever it was I wanted.