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

Beauty

she drove the car outside, 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 forest, leaving

would have asked her where we were going for

answer.

not to venture deeper into the forest since there could be rogues and such, but somehow she was taking me there and, given that he let us leave, this could be

that only

in through the canopy of trees got fainter as we drove forward. However, I did not feel the

it being nearly dark, the air around here felt calm and

was quiet and the night animals probably sleeping or hunting. My fear of some rogue or any other wild animal suddenly pouncing on us vanished as a soft breeze kept caressing my face, tickling an idle strand of hair against

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

But s

came to a halt as Beauty hit

nudging me. I had my elbow propped on

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

the scent of pine and damp moss as I

understood what was lulling me to sleep.

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 the rocks. The water disappeared into the crevices, traveling

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

to break the calm silence by

my mind is particularly uneasy or when I

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

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

some in my palms

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

but could not

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