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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I just hope

her fingers gripping the steering wheel a bit too hard. Her painted nails dug into the soft leather and I

get there and be done with

me through the wide empty road that

way she drove deeper into the forest, leaving the city behind.

for

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

only piqued my curiosity.

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

despite it being nearly dark, the air around here

forest 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

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

came to a halt as Drusilla

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

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

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moss as I rubbed my eyes

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

while standing in front of the huge

wanting to break

or just relax when my mind is feeling particularly uneasy or I feel restless,”

Her hands dug inside her bag that she had slung across her shoulder

so engrossed in observing the waterfall that only now did I notice

upon the cliff through which the water cascaded down, as if standing guard

branches were long and elongated, and lush green

mirrored the flow of the cascading waters. The leaves rustled gently in the breeze, whispering tales to anyone who cared to

to stay upright while growing on the edge

her magic

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 me was cool and sweet.

and gathered some in my palms that

with my sleeves, I noticed something else as

sight unfolded-a statue carved out of the very stones that formed the cradle

could not quite understand it from

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