Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 8

“Dollar, be good,” Nyx mumbled, tossing her body and pushing the fluffy thing away.

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Dollar was the cat her boss kept around. It was a big, fat orange tabby, with a proud attitude to match its size. It looked down on everyone in the company–whether it was the higher–ups or the employees, even her owner was just a peasant in Dollar’s

eyes.

But there was one person Dollar did like–Nyx. Every day, she would hang out by Nyx’s desk, rolling around and rubbing against her legs, trying to lure Nyx into petting her soft belly, completely wrecking her work efficiency.

Luckily, since it was kept by Nyx’s boss, Nyx never got her pay docked. In fact, she got a raise for winning Dollar’s affection. Her boss had even asked her several times privately how she managed to get Dollar to like her so much.

Nyx just shrugged. She couldn’t explain it. Maybe she was just born with a gift for animals.

It wasn’t just Dollar, either. When she was younger, out in the countryside, all the kids in her family had excluded her, even her cousins. While the other kids ignored her, Nyx could hang out with the animals.

From the chickens and dogs to the squirrels and foxes in the woods, every animal seemed to take a liking to her.

The scariest encounter had been with a pack of wolves in the mountains. She had expected them to attack, but instead, they acted like playful pups, and she even got to pet their chubby little cubs.

Nyx muttered in her mind, ‘Wolves‘ fur isn’t soft. It’s a bit rough, much like Dollar’s fur now… But wait, isn’t Dollar a cat? Why is its fur suddenly feeling so stiff? And why the heck is it so heavy? What on earth has it been eating lately?‘

Before she could process it, a massive fluffball pressed against her chest, nearly crushing her.

The pressure immediately woke Nyx up. Her eyes snapped open and her heart almost skipped a beat. A pair of glowing, predatory eyes stared at her from the darkness.

She then realized this wasn’t Dollar.

Reality crashed in on her like a ton of bricks. She wasn’t on Earth anymore, and there was no way she was seeing Dollar here…

Nyx’s heart raced as she stared at the creature in front of her.

It was massive with solid muscle and a thick mane around its neck. Even in the darkness, it was unmistakably a lion. A young, strong, powerful lion was watching her quietly with an intensity she could feel down to her bones.

Nyx had never been to a zoo when she was on Earth, and all her knowledge of lions came from TV. But even so, she could tell this one was way bigger than the ones back on Earth.

It didn’t need to use its claws or fangs–just one swipe of its paw could probably flatten her in an instant.

Fear gripped Nyx’s chest, her face turned pale, and a chill ran through her body.

But slowly, as the panic receded, she noticed that the lion didn’t seem to be attacking her. It was just watching

head off her chest. Surprisingly, it

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inching closer and keeping pace behind her, its glowing eyes never leaving her.

around was enough to make her heart race. Nyx looked around for Theon

empty, and suddenly she wondered if this was her doom, and she

Nyx blurted out, her brain scrambling for

It just yawned, stretching its massive body like a lazy cat.

waved her hand in front of its face. “Hey,

was immediate—its eyes locked onto her hand, and a low, excited growl rumbled from its

just an animal,‘

some fresh–looking meat from the fridge, figuring she could bribe this hungry intruder into leaving her alone. She was pretty sure that

of the lion, but it didn’t even spare a

it up and offered it to the lion. This

it

She almost thought the lion would bite off her fingers, but it just licked her curiously. Its head tilted to the side as if wondering why she was freaking out so

finally snapped, and suddenly,

wasn’t sunken in—it was the belly of a well–fed lion. No wonder it

Touching it would be asking for trouble. Who in their right mind would just go up and rub a lion’s belly?

did it let Nyx rub its belly,

more confident she became, almost feeling like she was back in

thought, ‘What’s the big deal? It’s just

easily handle

a waste, so she washed it, cut off the outer layer, and stuck

she could send anything, the

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She ended up retreating to the bedroom, only to get pounced on by the lion. The two of them tumbled around in a

while in this ridiculous game of cat–and–mouse with a lion. Soon, exhaustion hit her, and she closed

with one arm draped across the lion’s back. The lion

eyes open, her consciousness slowly returning. She reached out to touch

a dream?‘ she thought. ‘Yeah, it must be a dream. How could a lion break into my bedroom in the middle of

was cooking