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 and be

Beauty

to drive on a muddy. dirt patch. The ride wasn’t bumpy, but she drove deeper into the forest,

asked her where we were going for

answer.

asked me not to venture deeper into the forest since there could be rogues and such, but somehow she was

that only

got fainter as we drove

the air around

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

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

But s

came to a halt as Beauty hit the brakes and

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

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

and damp moss as I

understood what was lulling me to sleep. A huge but serene waterfall was cascading gently into a

were twinkling from amidst them, the reflection of the night sky visible in the small pool of water surrounded by the

standing in front of the huge scenery as

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

mind is particularly uneasy or

agreement. Her hands dug inside her bag that she had

smiled at thought of sprinkling 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 the rocks surrounding the small pool. The water spraying on

some in my palms that I drank heartily. I immediately

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 formed

that..!” I started, but could not

“Oh, you noticed it right It