Chapter 121

Zenovia

I tore my eyes away from Callahan as Drusilla grabbed my hand and began dragging me.

“Where are we going?” I asked.

Drusilla grabbed the car keys from the office table and muttered, “Do you think we can perform the ritual in this office? Duh!”

She flicked my forehead, and I rubbed it as she continued to drag me down the stairs and towards the garage.

The garage door opened when she clicked a button and I saw several cars, all sleek and shiny, waiting for us.

“Feeling fancy today?” Drusilla asked, and I shrugged.

I did not understand much about cars or luxury, so they all looked pretty high-end to me.

“Today is a special day, so let us drive you in a special car.”

“Drive me where?” I asked and again she shook her head.

“Will you stop trying to ruin my surprise? I am setting up the mood.” She. pouted.

I looked around, but Callahan hadn’t followed us. “Is the Lycan King not coming with us?” I asked.

The anchor bond had to be established between me and him, right? So, we had to do the ritual together.

At least, that is what I assumed.

“He needed some time to cool off. So, he would join us directly there.”

“Where is there?” I tried again, but she simply unlocked the doors of a car and shoved me in.

“Ow,” I rubbed my elbow when it lightly hit the door.

“Sorry. It is just that I am both nervous and excited. I have been asking him for days…no…years to listen to me. He never did. I spent countless hours locked in a room, studying the visions and trying to analyze a

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just hope

added nervously, her fingers gripping the steering wheel a bit too hard. Her painted nails

let us just get there and be done with the

empty road that she soon left to drive

bumpy, but I saw the way she drove deeper into the forest, leaving

for the umpteenth time, but I doubted she

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

piqued my curiosity.

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 to be eerie

around here felt calm and relaxing, soothing my nerves.

was quiet and the night animals probably sleeping or hunting. My fear of some rogue or any other wild animal suddenly pouncing on us

My eyelids began to droop, and I felt that I would sleep like

car came to a halt as Drusilla hit the brakes and

up,” she said, gently nudging me. I had my elbow propped on the window pane and my head

and stepped outside the car. And the scene waiting in front of me was something that wiped off

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pine and damp moss as I rubbed my eyes to see the splendid sight in

waterfall was cascading gently into a crystalline pool below. The water looked sparkly white, whiter than the clouds adorning the night sky. Stars were twinkling from amidst them, the reflection of the night sky visible

while standing in front of the huge scenery as if she was

I whispered, not wanting to

my mind is feeling particularly uneasy or I

It feels so calm here,” I replied, and she nodded her head. Her hands dug

been so engrossed in observing the waterfall that only now

the numerous crevices. and it stood tall upon the cliff through which the

and elongated, and lush green leaves blanketed us from

creating an intricate pattern that mirrored the flow of the cascading waters.

tree had not fallen down and managed to stay upright while growing on the edge of

was mysterious, and her magic

step closer, I balanced my foot on the edge

my palms that I drank heartily.

face with my sleeves, I noticed something else as

rocks, partially veiled by the silken spray of the waterfall, an extraordinary sight unfolded-a statue carved out

but could not quite

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