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.

get there and be done with the

Beauty

soon left to drive on a muddy. dirt patch. The

were going for the umpteenth time,

answer.

could be rogues and such, but somehow she was taking me there and, given that

that only piqued

were denser here and the moonlight filtering in through the canopy of trees got fainter as we drove forward. However,

air around here felt calm and relaxing, soothing my

animal suddenly pouncing on us vanished as a soft

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

But s

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

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

stifled a yawn and stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting

moss as I rubbed my eyes to see the splendid

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

sparkly white, whiter than the 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

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

whispered, not wanting to break the

when my mind is particularly uneasy or when I feel restless,” she added

Her hands dug inside her bag that she had slung across

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

my face and gathered some in my palms that I drank heartily. 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 stones that

started, but could not quite understand it from

replied, “Oh, you noticed it right It took me a while when I first