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

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

going for the

answer.

venture deeper into the forest since there could be rogues and such, but somehow she was

only

moonlight filtering in through the canopy of trees got fainter as we drove forward. However, I did not feel the forest to be

air around here felt calm and relaxing,

animal suddenly pouncing on us vanished as a soft breeze kept caressing my face, tickling an

and the quiet were enough to lull me to sleep. My eyelids began to droop, and I felt that I would sleep like

But s

as Beauty hit the

elbow propped on the window

stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting in front of me

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

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

from amidst them, the reflection of the night sky visible in the small pool

while standing in front of the

I whispered, not wanting to

to study or just relax when my mind is particularly uneasy

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

took a step closer, I balanced my foot on the edge of the rocks surrounding the small

and gathered some in my palms that I drank heartily. I immediately

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

not quite understand

to stand beside me and replied, “Oh, you noticed it right It took me