The Beta's Regret (Eden and Eros)

Chapter 172

"Indeed, she is." My mom said, standing up with a bright smile on her face. I looked up to see her gaze on Lord Shevek, her eyes sparkling.

It was amusing to see the bright smile she wore when a few seconds ago she was crying out her eyes.

"So tell me, what would you like to have?" She asked him

Lord Shevek clasped his hands in front of him and shrugged. "I will have anything you offer."

They shared some kind of secret look, before my mom giggled and looked away. "I will go prepare breakfast." She stood there for a moment, unmoving.

"Yes." Lord Shevek said, his gaze fixed on her face. "You should do that."

It suddenly looked like I was watching a scene from a movie. They were lost in their own world.

"Mom? Are you alright?" I called out.

"Of course." She said and turned away. "I will be back."

Lord Shevek watched her go, not until she was out of the room did he turn to look at me.

I rolled my eyes. Something was obviously brewing. But I couldn't conclude if that was good or not just yet.

But one thing I was sure of, was that Lord Shevek would have been an amazing father if he had been present in my life. And I had no doubt he would have loved Olivia as well.

I smiled. He returned it.

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My heart fluttered with a feeling I have never known. His smile wasn't exactly Fatherly, but was something close enough to make me feel as if broken pieces of my life were finally beginning to fall into place.

In a way, I now understood how Alpha Griffin was able to manipulate Olivia into going away with him.

It was the Father-daughter bond they shared. It's always there, notwithstanding the fact that he had been absent from her life, Olivia could easily believe what the Alpha told her because there is a secret longing to have a father who cared for you. She must have felt the same way I do now.

But I was grateful Lord Shevek wasn't someone like Alpha Griffin. It would have hurt to have to choose between my mother I had known all my life and a father I had always wanted.

But I still have questions.

I watched him, I still don't know who exactly he was, or why he was so keen on being a part of my life when he finally found out about me.

My mind raced with different questions. After everything that has happened, there was still so much I didn't know, and I needed to get clarity.

"Tell me about you." I finally said, wanting to know everything about the man who made me.

"What exactly would you like to know?" Lord Shevek asked with raised eyebrows.

"Who are you really? Outside of being my father, who is Lord Shevek in his own world?"

The silence in the room stretched, Lord Shevek looked away for a moment, and I assumed he wouldn't answer, but then he looked back at me, his gaze softened as he leaned back.

"I am a Lord." He answered his voice deep and heavy." I am the Lord of a Coven. A Coven is much like a pack, and being a lord is the same as having an Alpha." He answered.

"You're a lord?" That explained the aura I felt from him, his intimidating presence and commanding voice. "But why are you here?"

He smiled, the tenderness in his eyes growing.

"I wanted us to get to know each other better." He started. "I don't have any children of my own, and knowing that I have one now is exciting. I want to get to know you more, and I want you to know more about me too."

I nodded. "I want that too." I sighed. "I had a happy childhood. My mother did her best, but I had always wished to have a father. Now, seeing you, It's quite soothing." I confessed.

"If I had known that Rose was pregnant with our baby, I would have looked for her, and wouldn't have let her go. I missed a great part of your life,

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something I cannot get back."

"I'm glad you are here."

"I have a favor to ask" Lord Shevek said

"Yes?"

"Since, you're my only child, I would like you to become my heir, and rule over the coven in my place." He finished.

"What?" I looked at him in shock, wide eyed. My lips part open, but no words came out. What could I say? To be the lord of a coven? I took a moment to gather myself. Before I could say a word, my mother burst in. "I'm done!" she said at the top of her lungs, looking happy and much more excited.

I swallowed my answer, my mind struggling to shift back to the present as my mother dropped a breakfast tray before us, her smile warm. "Breakfast." She said. "I thought we could all sit and talk properly, to catch up on lost times."

I managed a small nod, grateful for the distraction as I took a bite of the food. We all began to eat, the silence between us soon grew into a comfortable conversation. I felt Lord Shevek's gaze on me for a while before he finally focused on Breakfast.

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As they converse, I watch my mom and Lord Shevek, and from the way my mother was staring at him and caught up in the conversation, it was obvious how she still felt

about him. I couldn't be so sure if it's the same for Lord Shevek, but his actions hinted at some kind of reserved feelings for my mother.

They seemed content to be in each other's presence. Maybe this was the start of something new, something different. They'd once shared a connection in the past, so it's not impossible that they share that same connection again.

I smiled and secretly hoped that they would find love in each other again. They deserved it.