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.”

wheel a bit too hard. Her painted nails dug into the soft leather and

get there and be done with the ritual.”

drove the car outside, taking me through the wide empty road that she soon left to drive on a muddy, dirt

wasn’t bumpy, but I saw the way she drove deeper into the forest, leaving the city behind.

where we were going for

such, but somehow she was taking me there and, given that he

piqued my curiosity.

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 creepy.

nearly dark, the air around here felt

fear of some rogue or any other wild animal suddenly pouncing on us vanished as a soft breeze kept caressing my face, tickling an idle

eyelids began to droop,

soon, the car came to a halt as Drusilla hit

propped on the window

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

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as I rubbed my eyes

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

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

not wanting to break the

study or just relax when my mind is feeling particularly uneasy or I feel restless,” she added as I neared the cascading waterfall.

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

now did I notice something

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

elongated, and lush green leaves blanketed us from above.

the cascading waters. The

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

Nature was mysterious, and her magic was not always

to get rid 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 spraying on me was

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and sweet.

my face and gathered some in my palms that I drank

I wiped my face with my sleeves, I noticed something else

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

but could not quite understand it

and replied, “Oh,

me a while when I first visited this

away.