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 it works.”

bit too hard. Her painted nails

let us just get there and be done with the

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

ride wasn’t bumpy, but I saw the way she drove deeper into

we were going for the umpteenth time,

but somehow she was taking me there and, given that he let us leave, this could be a safe

piqued

filtering in through the canopy of trees got fainter as we drove

air around here felt calm and relaxing, soothing my

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 my skin.

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

came to a halt as Drusilla hit the brakes and turned the ignition off.

propped on the window

said excitedly as I stifled a yawn and stepped outside the car. And the scene

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moss as I rubbed my

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 in the small pool of water surrounded by the

da” Drusilla threw her hands open while standing in front of the huge

is beautiful,” I whispered, not wanting to break the calm silence by shouting unnecessarily.

is feeling particularly uneasy

she nodded her head. Her hands dug inside her bag that

that only now did I notice something on the edges of the jagged rocks.

upon the cliff through which the

and lush green leaves blanketed us

roots snaked across the rock, creating an intricate pattern that mirrored the flow of the cascading waters. The

had not fallen down and managed to stay upright while growing on the edge of a steep cliff and a

mysterious, and her magic was not always understandable

of sprinkling the water over my face to get rid of the sleep. As I took a step closer, I balanced my foot on

some in my palms that I drank

my face with my sleeves, I noticed something else as well.

silken spray of the waterfall, an extraordinary sight unfolded-a statue carved out of the very

started, but could not quite understand it

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