The Beta's Regret (Eden and Eros)
Chapter 128

Chapter 128

"Goodness girls, what is taking you so long?" Glinda opened the door, her hands on her hips as she glared at me. Her glare was a pure look of shock.

"Who are you?" She said with a raised eyebrow and it took me a moment to realize that she was complimenting my makeover. Beauty patted herself on the shoulder.

"Told you, I am the best" I smiled at Beauty and reaffirmed, "You are the best"

Glinda blinked her eyes as I gathered the folds of the gown so as to not step accidentally on it. And the dress looked surreal.

It really felt like the night sky was painted across the fabric, shades of light blue to dark with a dusting of white that resembled the stars. It caught light when I moved and I could not wait to see my reflection. However, Glinda simply dragged me away from the mirror and muttered,

You are already late. The King has asked me to get you in the meeting hall right away.

"But, let me at least-I needed to distract myself with something to calm my nerves, breathe in for a second and then be thrown at the wolves

Glinda shook her head, "I don't want to get scolded. Saying so, she went behind me and began pushing me out of the door, "Come on, move girl"

"Hey, you are creasing the dress. Beauty shouted as she got up from the bed with a frown.

Hearing the two I simply let out a sigh, "Okay fine. I am coming

I gave up arguing since I did not want to step on the folds of the dress and tumble down the stairs.

My heart racing as I slowly made way towards the meeting hall and reached the door.

"Good luck Glinda whispered and left me all alone by the door

[Eros's Pov]

I was sitting in my chair, staring absentmindedly at the glass of water in front of me. We had been going in circles for hours and were yet to arrive at a conclusion

The meeting hall was huge and I chose to not hold the meeting in my office as we needed to accommodate all the alphas along with some of the betas who came in as additional representatives from their packs.

The situation had definitely worsened over the last few weeks. The rogues had begun attacking innocent kids, targeting those who were yet to shift or had recently shifted.

Which brought my thought to Eden.

This was a surprise move as mostly they went after the strongest members of the pack and tried to lure them to come over. members that felt they deserved the beta and alpha titles but were denied the position so a few of them had left their packs. All around I could hear people bickering with each other, trying to prove their point. And the more I heard them, the more I felt my head hurt

The

I dicked my gaze to the window, staring outside at the lush greenery "King, what do you suggest? Arthur tried to nudge me.

men waited for me to answer but I didn't

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speak for a while. Seeing that. Arthur got up from his chair and came to whisper in my ear.

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"King, they are all waiting for

our response" I blinked and turned my attention to the people seated around the large t that almost spanned through half the meeting hall.

П

Teenagers are rebellious. I was too, at one point. It is easy to lure them into a trap rather than grown up men."

Hearing my response, one of the alpha leaned forward, a look of concern on his face. "But King, what are we supposed to do now? If they keep brainwashing our young pups like this, we will lose our future heirs and warriors." "What age group is being targeted by the rogues?" I asked.

"16 upwards... Those who are about to shift or have recently shifted."

"Hmm," I tapped on my knuckles as a thought crossed my mind. Eden had been working on awakening her wolf, and the rogue King himself had tried to come for her.

"How many recent shifters have left from each of your packs? And were they taken in forcefully or did they leave on their own?" Lasked and-everybody began to answer at once.

"King, around ten of my recent shifters left together at once, claiming that they were not respected well in the pack"

"Your majesty, five of mine were tempted to leave but stayed back after hearing about how the rogues make everybody suffer and we had to sit with them for hours to make them understand the dangers of going after something so stupid"

"King. I do not have kids of that age now as many are grown up's, so my pack is safe but they've been hearing things." Another Alpha said "I overheard some kids m gossip amongst each other about how they would also want to explore the new world after they came of ag One by one I let them empty out their worries and frustration while wondering how to tackle this delicate issue without bloodshed

Youngsters were often misguided and brainwashed easily if they felt their own home and pack did not give them enough care and attention.

And the life of a werewolf was hard. You had to train religiously, follow a strict protocol, and be always ready to die for your pack.

The rogue King was being very clever and tactical in his approach. He was weakening the pack by going after the kids of those who ruled the pack.

Werewolves were a close-knit community and cubs were our life ine, our legacy. His approach was meticulous and it was interesting to have come across a rival who relied on brain instead of muscle.

I was getting increasingly curious about this rouge King "Where are the kids even meeting these rogues? And where are they going? Will it not be easy to simply send someone after them and replace out the rogues' stronghold?"