Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 4

[I take my comment back. This is the strongest female I’ve ever seen!]

[She’s so cute, but damn, she’s fierce!]

The males in the restaurant stayed frozen in place, unsure of what to do. Astraea, meanwhile, yelped in pain when Nyx gripped her wrist.

Nyx released her, but Astraea wasn’t done yet. She glared at Nyx and tried to kick her.

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Nyx dodged effortlessly. Astraea’s foot swung through empty air, throwing her off balance, and she tumbled forward in a very ungraceful heap.

By now, the livestream’s viewership had skyrocketed, far surpassing the usual numbers for top streamers. The streamer, torn between fear and greed, kept filming despite the chaos.

More viewers were drawn in by the commotion. What they saw completely surprised them.

[Am I hallucinating, or are two females really fighting?!]

[That’s not a fight. It’s called self–defense.]

[But wasn’t Astraea trying to hit Zayne first?]

Zayne was a male, and in this society, males were at the bottom of the food chain. If a female hit a male, he had to take it. If he dared fight back, he’d be slapped with assault charges and spend at least ten years in prison.

Astraea, furious after her double humiliation, finally remembered she wasn’t alone. She turned to her companions and shouted, “You’re just gonna sit there and watch me get bullied?!”

They were two secondary consorts Astraea had just taken, a pair of brothers. The two of them seemed awkward now and hesitated.

As Astraea’s consorts, they were supposed to defend her, to fight for her honor.

But the person standing opposite Astraea was another female, a more petite and delicate female who radiated an air of vulnerability.

Even if they were willing to risk the consequences of hitting a female, they couldn’t bring themselves to raise a hand against Nyx. She looked too fragile, like she might break if they even tried.

Seeing their hesitation, Astraea took a shaky breath and burst into tears.

completely off

fight she’d ever been in. She’d never seen someone so

pulled a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it over to

sewn herself with a little sunflower embroidered in

and wiped her face, glaring at Nyx between sniffles. Her

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trembled with indignation. “Unbelievable!

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their rank or status, were beneath them. And yet, that strange female sided with a male and

a finger, her voice steady and firm. “First of all, I didn’t hit you. I just

deserves dignity, and it has nothing to do with their gender. You feel humiliated because I stopped you, but how do you think Zayne would’ve felt if you slapped him in front of all these people?

my family. If you try to hurt

female had spoken with a confidence and presence that

and

IS SHE?! I need

I’m obsessed!!!]

I’m going to protect him.” Someone put that

respect. I’m

family. I

God above, I swear I’ll follow her in my

practically wanted to crawl through their screens

a friend. Only then did he know the livestream had a

sharp eyes scanned the crowd and locked onto the streamer. He immediately gave that guy a

glance with Zayne, and they both made

clutched the handkerchief tightly, staring at Nyx’s retreating figure.

took the seat to Nyx’s left. His gaze lingered on her profile, unable to look away.

shielding him, and those words she said to defend him replayed in his mind on an endless loop. His heart pounded

feel the weight of his stare, but she pretended not

At the restaurant, she acted on impulse, letting her emotions take over. But now, sitting quietly in the spacecraft, all she could think about was how over–the–top she

this unbearable tension, she