The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 156

Beauty grabbed the car keys from the office table and muttered, “Let’s go,

“Go where?” I asked.

She turned to me “we

“we won’t d

do the ritual in this office,” Beauty then drag me down the stairs and towards the garage.

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

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

“Cool” she said but when I turned around, I didn’t see Eros.

“Is the King not coming with us?” I asked. “The help bond had to be established between me and him, right? So, we have to do the ritual together,”

Beauty pouted and shook her head “He needs some time to cool off. So, he would join us directly there.”

“Where is there?” I asked, but she simply smiled and opened the door. She shoved me inside.

“Ouch,” I rubbed my elbow when it lightly hit the

door.

“Sorry. It’s just that I am both nervous and excited. I have been asking him for days… Scratch that, its been years i’ve been asking him but he never did. Anyway, I have spent time over the years, studying the visions and trying to analyze the pattern. I hope it works.” She added nervously as her fingers gripped the steering wheel a bit too hard.

get there and be done with

Beauty

the wide empty road that she soon left to drive on a muddy. dirt patch. The ride wasn’t bumpy, but she drove deeper into the forest,

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

answer.

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

that only

of trees got fainter as we drove forward. However, I did not feel the forest to

dark, the air around here felt calm and relaxing,

fear of some rogue or any other wild animal

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

But s

as Beauty hit the brakes and turned the

had my elbow propped on the window side and my head was

the scene waiting in front of me was something that

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

brightly into this clearing and only now I understood what was lulling me to sleep. A huge but serene waterfall

them, the reflection of the night sky visible in the small pool of water surrounded by the rocks. The water

while standing in front of the huge scenery as if

not wanting to break

just relax when my mind is particularly uneasy or when I feel restless,” she added as we

replied, and she nodded in agreement. Her hands dug inside her bag that

to get rid of the sleep. As I took a step closer, I balanced my foot

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

well Amidst the moss–covered rocks, and waterfall, an extraordinary sight

not quite understand it from

stand beside me and replied, “Oh, you noticed it right It took me a while when