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.”

steering wheel a bit too hard. Her painted nails dug into the soft leather and I tried to calm her down.

get there and be

nodded, and she drove the car outside, taking me through the wide empty road that she

saw the way she drove deeper into the forest,

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

me not to venture deeper into the forest since there could be rogues and such, but somehow she was taking me there and, given

only piqued

trees were denser here and the moonlight filtering in through the canopy of trees got fainter as we drove forward. However, I did not feel the forest to be eerie or

it being nearly dark, the air around

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

were enough to lull me to sleep. My eyelids began to droop, and I felt that I

to a halt as Drusilla hit the brakes and turned the ignition

get up,” she said, gently nudging me. I had my elbow propped on the window pane and my

as I stifled a yawn and stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting in front of

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and damp moss as I rubbed my eyes to see the splendid sight in front of

looked sparkly white, whiter than the clouds adorning the night sky. Stars were twinkling from amidst them, the

threw her hands open while standing in front of the huge scenery as if she was the mastermind behind nature

to break the

particularly uneasy or I feel

nodded her head. Her hands dug inside her bag that she had

in observing the waterfall that only now did I notice something on the edges

stood tall upon the cliff through which the water cascaded down, as if standing

and elongated, and lush green leaves blanketed

snaked across the rock, creating an intricate pattern that mirrored the flow of the cascading waters. The leaves rustled gently in the breeze, whispering tales to

tree had not fallen down and managed to stay upright while growing on

mysterious, and her magic was

of the sleep. As I took a step closer, I balanced my foot on the edge of the rocks surrounding the small pool. The water

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and sweet.

and gathered some in my palms that I

my face with my sleeves, I noticed

spray of the waterfall, an extraordinary sight unfolded-a statue carved

but could not

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

took me a while when

away.

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