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.

there and be

Beauty

empty road that she soon left to drive on a muddy. dirt

asked her where we were going for

answer.

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

only

trees were 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

it being nearly dark, the air around

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

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

But s

as Beauty

gently nudging me. I had my elbow propped on the window

said excitedly as I stifled a yawn and stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting in front of me was something that cleared off the sleep from

as I rubbed my eyes to see the

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

the night sky visible in the small pool of water surrounded by the rocks. The

while standing in front of the huge scenery as if she was the mastermind behind nature to create

not wanting to break the

is particularly uneasy or when

can guess why. It feels so calm here,” I replied, and she nodded in agreement. Her hands dug inside her bag that she had slung across

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

and gathered some in my

the moss–covered rocks, and waterfall, an extraordinary sight

I started, but could not quite

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