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.

us just get there and be done

Beauty

that she soon left to drive on

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

answer.

forest since there could be rogues and such, but somehow she was taking me there and, given that he let

only

trees got fainter as we drove forward.

the air around here

hunting. My 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

enough to lull me to sleep. My eyelids began to droop,

But s

to a halt as Beauty hit the brakes and

up,” she said, gently nudging me. I had my elbow propped on the window side and my head was resting

car. And the scene waiting in

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

and only now I understood what was lulling me to

the night sky visible in the small

while standing in front of the huge scenery as if she was the mastermind behind nature

beautiful,” I whispered, not wanting to break

mind is particularly uneasy or when I feel restless,”

she nodded in agreement. Her hands dug inside her bag

smiled at 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 surrounding the small pool.

my face and gathered some in my palms

noticed something else as well Amidst the moss–covered rocks, and waterfall, an extraordinary sight unfolded–a statue carved out of the very stones that formed the

but could not quite understand it from

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