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.

us just get there and be done

Beauty

taking me through the wide empty road that she soon left to drive on a muddy. dirt patch. The ride wasn’t bumpy, but she drove deeper into the

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

answer.

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

only piqued my

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

the air around here felt

any other wild animal suddenly pouncing on us vanished as a soft breeze kept caressing my face, tickling an idle strand of hair against

sleep. My eyelids

But s

as Beauty hit

had my elbow

on,” she said excitedly as I stifled a yawn and stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting in front of me was something that cleared

damp moss as I rubbed my eyes to see the

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

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 to

are!” Beauty threw her hands open while standing in front of the huge

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

is particularly uneasy

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

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

gathered some in my palms that I

I wiped 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

not quite understand it from

it right It took me a while when