Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 121

Zenovia

I tore my eyes away from Callahan as Drusilla grabbed my hand and began dragging me.

“Where are we going?” I asked.

Drusilla grabbed the car keys from the office table and muttered, “Do you think we can perform the ritual in this office? Duh!”

She flicked my forehead, and I rubbed it as she continued to drag me down the stairs and towards the garage.

The garage door opened when she clicked a button and I saw several cars, all sleek and shiny, waiting for us.

“Feeling fancy today?” Drusilla asked, and I shrugged.

I did not understand much about cars or luxury, so they all looked pretty high-end to me.

“Today is a special day, so let us drive you in a special car.”

“Drive me where?” I asked and again she shook her head.

“Will you stop trying to ruin my surprise? I am setting up the mood.” She. pouted.

I looked around, but Callahan hadn’t followed us. “Is the Lycan King not coming with us?” I asked.

The anchor bond had to be established between me and him, right? So, we had to do the ritual together.

At least, that is what I assumed.

“He needed some time to cool off. So, he would join us directly there.”

“Where is there?” I tried again, but she simply unlocked the doors of a car and shoved me in.

“Ow,” I rubbed my elbow when it lightly hit the door.

“Sorry. It is just that I am both nervous and excited. I have been asking him for days…no…years to listen to me. He never did. I spent countless hours locked in a room, studying the visions and trying to analyze a

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pattern. I just hope it works.”

bit too hard. Her painted

us just get there and be done with the ritual.”

through the wide empty road that she soon left to drive on

saw the way she

her where we were going for the umpteenth time, but I doubted

deeper into the forest since there could be rogues and such, but somehow she was taking me there and, given that he let us leave, this could be a safe territory.

piqued my

the moonlight filtering in through the canopy of trees got fainter as we drove forward. However,

dark, the air around here felt calm and

and the night animals probably sleeping or hunting. My fear of some rogue or any other wild animal suddenly pouncing

me to sleep. My eyelids began to droop, and I felt that I would sleep

came to a halt as Drusilla hit the brakes and turned the ignition off.

elbow propped on the window pane and my head

and stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting in front of me was something that wiped off all the sleep

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air was thick with the scent of pine and damp moss as I rubbed my eyes to see the splendid sight

and only now I understood what was lulling me to sleep. A huge but serene waterfall was cascading gently into a crystalline pool below. The water looked sparkly white, whiter than the clouds adorning the night sky. Stars were twinkling from amidst them, the reflection of the night sky visible in the small pool of water surrounded by the rocks. The water disappeared into the crevices,

front of the huge scenery as if she was the mastermind behind nature to create

not wanting to break the calm

or just relax when my mind is feeling particularly uneasy or

feels so calm here,” I replied, and she nodded her head. Her hands dug inside her bag that she had

observing the waterfall that only now did I notice

and it stood tall upon the cliff through which the water cascaded down, as if standing guard over

lush green leaves blanketed

mirrored the flow of the cascading waters.

had not fallen down and managed to stay upright while growing on the edge of a steep cliff and

Mother Nature was mysterious, and her magic was not always

smiled and thought of sprinkling the water over my face to get rid of the sleep. As I took a step closer, I balanced my foot on the edge of the rocks

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and sweet.

my face and gathered some in my palms that I drank heartily. I immediately

face with my sleeves,

the silken spray of the waterfall, an extraordinary sight unfolded-a statue carved out of the very stones that formed the cradle of the

could not quite understand it from

to stand beside me and replied, “Oh, you noticed it

took me a while when I first

away.