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.

just get there and be done with

Beauty

road that she soon left to drive

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

answer.

such, but somehow she was taking me there and, given that he let us leave, this could

only piqued

filtering in through the canopy of trees got fainter as we drove forward.

nearly dark, the air around here felt calm and

animal suddenly pouncing on

the quiet were enough to lull me to sleep. My eyelids began

But s

as Beauty hit the brakes and turned the ignition

had my elbow propped on the window side and

car. And the scene waiting in front of

damp moss as I rubbed my eyes

understood what was lulling me to sleep.

the night sky visible in the small

in front of the huge scenery as if she

is beautiful,” I whispered, not wanting to break the calm silence by

particularly uneasy or when I feel

agreement. Her hands dug inside her bag that she had slung across her shoulder and she pulled out her

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

some in my palms that I drank heartily. I immediately

I wiped my face with my sleeves, I noticed something else as well Amidst the moss–covered rocks, and waterfall, an extraordinary sight

could not quite understand it from this

you noticed it right It took me a while when I