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

Beauty

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

her where we were going for the

answer.

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

only

through the canopy of trees got fainter as we

air around here felt calm and relaxing, soothing my

was quiet and the night animals probably sleeping or hunting. My fear of some rogue or any other wild animal suddenly pouncing

sleep. My eyelids began to droop, and I felt that I would

But s

car came to a halt as Beauty hit the brakes and turned

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

as I stifled a yawn and stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting in front of me was something that cleared

as I

this clearing and only now I understood what was lulling me to sleep. A huge but serene waterfall was cascading gently into a crystalline pool

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

standing in front of the huge scenery as if she was

not wanting to break the

uneasy or when I feel restless,” she added as we neared the cascading

hands dug inside her bag

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

splashed it on my face and gathered some in my palms

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

could not quite understand it

it right It took me a while when I first visited