Beast King'S Crippled Mate

Chapter 4 - Chapter 4: Gale

"Gale..." Swan repeated that name. Then, she got flustered all of a sudden and apologized, "P-pardon me, Your Majesty. I shouldn't have addressed you without a title. I-I will call you Master Gale from now on."

"Just Gale. I'm not your Master, and you are not a servant for me," Gale said. But that still didn't stop Swan from worrying.

She had been conditioned to doubt everything that people said to her. Whenever she was given instructions, especially by Aria or Queen Mother, they would purposely make it tricky or confusing, so she would mess up and give them a chance to punish her under the late king's watchful eyes.

She doubted the beast would be so kind to her.

"Pardon me, Master Gale. I-I don't think I can "

"Don't make me repeat myself. Call me Gale."

"M-master-"

"Gale! Are you deaf?!"

Swan had a mini heart attack when Gale snapped at her. She turned pale instantly, and her eyes were on the verge of tears.

She quickly lowered her head again and apologized, "P-pardon me, Gale."

scoffed, "It'd take two hours to enter my territory, so sit tight. I don't want to

Holy Achate and the beastmen's kingdom were not that far, which was also one of the reasons why

head and ignored

to lift her head, let alone start a conversation to break the ice between them. She

spare a glance at her. He

reminded her of the

want to disturb his slumber, so she simply turned her attention to the meadow on the left side

end of it. She had seen it in paintings

she imagined it to be, fresh like linen that had just been washed and dried. It was the freshest thing she could imagine

of the meadow scent. She turned the window's lock and pushed

slightly but said nothing as he watched Swan, who stuck her head out, taking a deep whiff while the carriage continued pacing through the

describe the scent, but it was even better than the palace garden because there was no intense scent of flowers all around. Overall, she preferred

didn't have her crutches, so she used her knees to support her body. She stuck out half of

wake up with this scent every day. I don't want to

of the meadow when she suddenly heard a voice calling her

grip and almost fell out of the carriage when Gale quickly grabbed her by her waist and pulled

beast's lap. She tried to get up, but Gale kept his hand on her

you. What are