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

Beauty

soon left to drive on a muddy. dirt patch.

her where we were going for the umpteenth time, but

answer.

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

that only piqued my

the moonlight filtering in through the canopy of trees got fainter as

the air around here felt calm and relaxing, soothing my

night animals probably sleeping or hunting. My fear of some rogue or any other wild animal suddenly pouncing on us vanished as a soft breeze kept

sleep. My

But s

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

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

car. And the scene waiting in front of me was something that cleared off the sleep

as I rubbed my eyes to see

and only now I understood what was lulling me to sleep. A

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 rocks. The water disappeared into the crevices, traveling underground

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

to break the calm silence

is particularly uneasy or when I feel

so calm here,” I replied, and she nodded in agreement. Her hands dug inside her bag that she had

I took a step closer, I balanced my foot on the edge of the rocks surrounding the small pool. The water spraying on me

on my face and gathered some in my palms that

my face with my sleeves, I 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

but could not quite understand it from this

it right It