Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 9

The lion’s vertical pupils stared at Nyx, its gaze surprisingly develd of any malice but only pure friendliness.

Nyx was so nervous that her palms were sweating. She’d mentally prepared herself for a bloody showdown, and it actually ended up so peaceful.

She was pissed but also kinda amused. Tossing her fork aside, she plopped back down into her chair with a heavy sigh

“She thought, ‘No doubt, this is the same lion from last night.

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So last night wasn’t some crazy dream after all.”

The lion acted like it owned the place, sidling up to her, rubbing against her side, and eyeing the leftover soup like it was a five–star meal.

“Hey, you can’t eat this,” Nyx warned, using one hand to move the bowl away while she tried to push the lion’s face back with

the other.

And then, the lion licked her hand again.

This time, Nyx was a little more chill about it. Without skipping a beat, she used the lion’s fur like a towel and wiped her hand on it.

Last night, she only saw a shadowy outline of the lion due to the light, but now she could see it clearly. Its golden fur shimmered, its thick mane was straight–up majestic, and it oozed wild, untamed charisma. It was like a young and beautiful king of the jungle.

But then, Nyx blinked and shook her head.

On closer inspection, there seemed to be a swirling cloud of black mist wrapped around the lion, writhing and twitching in a way that didn’t look friendly at all.

She reached out to touch it, but her hand passed straight through.

She tried a couple more times, but the mist just stayed out of reach. The lion, looking increasingly annoyed, finally let out a low growl and snapped at her hand.

It came fast and vicious, showing its sharp teeth and violent expression. However, the lion just gently rested its teeth on her hand but didn’t actually bite her. It was just a bluff.

Nyx yelped in mock pain, exaggerating her reaction. “Ah!!”

go of her, its face wearing a look of shock and guilt, like it hadn’t meant to actually hurt her.

couldn’t hold it in anymore She burst out laughing, but that only led to

chair in the process. Feeling way too comfortable with this lion, she slapped it right on the face

trotted after her but didn’t push too hard. They ended up running in circles

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fraction of its strength, but somehow it managed to keep

to play with Dollar, she gave the lion some good massage.

while, Nyx’s attention shifted back to the swirling

it. And it just didn’t sit right with her. Something about it felt off, like it was leeching onto

out how to deal with the mist. Suddenly, she felt a shift. A small section of the mist in

kept pushing, trying to break it apart. The mist seemed to burn away, like a cloud of bugs

she was starting to make some headway, dizziness hit her. She had to

were ringing, and she felt a heavy fatigue wash over her not physical, but mental, like her

the stories she’d heard about the “mental

I have mental power too? And what about that black mist? Is it related

many questions were flooding her mind. She thought she needed to ask Zayne about this. He seemed like

glanced sideways at the lion, which had its eyes half–closed, burring lazily as if it were on the verge of dozing off. Taking advantage of

figured since Zayne had just left not too long ago, and medical rescue wasn’t that quick, he wouldn’t see the

surprise, Zayne replied almost instantly: [A lion? In our

right after, and Nyx clicked to answer. She saw Zayne’s anxious face on the

a safe door next to your wardrobe, hurry!” Zayne barked, his voice sharp with

help but notice how he sounded way more panicked than she felt. She quickly said to calm

then, the lion, who’d been napping behind Nyx, made its presence

saw the massive lion on the screen, his face went pale. It was clear that the lion could easily smash Nyx

that this wasn’t just any ordinary lion. This was Theon’s beast form, and it

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human rationality now, and it was a 100% wild animal. Right now it looked tame, but in the next second, it could go rogue

Zayne was thinking this, the lion’s

steps back, crouched low, and flicked its tail. The stance screamed attack