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.

let us just get there and

Beauty

soon left to drive on a muddy. dirt patch. The ride wasn’t bumpy,

going for the umpteenth time, but I doubted

answer.

rogues and such, but

only piqued

trees got fainter

the air around here felt calm and

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 strand of hair

sleep. My eyelids began to droop, and

But s

as Beauty hit the brakes and turned the

had my elbow propped on the window side and my head

car. And the scene waiting in front of

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

clearing and only now I understood what was lulling me

of the night sky visible in the

the huge scenery as if she was the mastermind

whispered, not wanting to break the calm

here to study or just relax when my mind is particularly uneasy or when I feel restless,” she added

Her hands dug inside her bag that she

sprinkling the water over my face to get rid of the sleep. As I took a step closer,

and gathered some in

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

that..!” I started, but could not

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