Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The scene was too much for Zayne, and his heart nearly stopped thumping.

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He swore, after this crisis, he would have a serious spar with Theon. He’d beat the hell out of that damn lion and make sure it got a good lesson.

Zayne stared at the screen and watched the big lion lower its head to sniff around Nyx’s face like it was deciding where to start its attack.

And then, the next moment, the lion opened its jaws wide-

With a loud thud, Nyx slapped the lion right on the head and shouted, “Don’t be mean!”

The lion made a little grumble, but it actually closed its mouth and licked Nyx’s fingers instead.

Zayne’s eyes nearly popped out. He thought he was seeing things. The lion actually seemed apologetic. He was convinced that he was imagining it. There was no way an out–of–control beastman would show that kind of human–like behavior.

Meanwhile, Nyx gave the lion a gentle scratch on its broad back. Then, she leaned in and kissed its fluffy face.

The lion seemed to melt after the kiss. In return, it nuzzled her chin and tentatively licked her face. Nyx giggled and pulled her neck away.

“Get off, bad lion,” she said with a chuckle.

The lion’s tongue was rough. Its barbs were designed to tear into prey, and if it wanted, it could easily rip into Nyx’s delicate skin. But it was careful, almost tender, as it licked her.

Zayne was slowly coming to terms with the reality of the situation. The lion really wasn’t being aggressive. Even after all the crazy things he’d seen, he had to admit it–this lion wasn’t trying to hurt Nyx.

And then, as the pieces clicked together, Zayne remembered something he’d overlooked in the soldier’s report when they rescued Nyx from the Resource Planet.

When they found Nyx, she was sleeping peacefully with a bunch of wild animals around her. It was unbelievable.

“Do you always have this effect on animals?” Zayne asked, his voice tight with a mixture of curiosity and awe.

Nyx blinked and then nodded casually. “Yeah.”

She smiled and added, “I like them too.”

Zayne thought, ‘What an amazing female she is. She likes them… She even likes wild, untamed beasts. No wonder I’m so obsessed with her.‘

He couldn’t help but feel a little jealous.

‘If I shift into beast form, would she show me the same kindness he wondered.

Zayne couldn’t watch any more of Theon’s playful antics with Nyx. Before he hung up the call, he said, “I’ll be back soon. Make sure to stay safe.”

top of the lion’s back, couldn’t help but marvel at how advanced the medical technology on the planet

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Zayne would be busy at least until night, but apparently, his task had wrapped up

beloved female through the house, as if conducting a royal tour of its

to Theon’s bedroom, Nyx saw the shattered window and paused for a few seconds. She grabbed a handful of the lion’s mane and

and she had totally forgotten about

idea the window he had freshly fixed was wrecked again.

tilting its head at Nyx like it didn’t have a clue what it had done

playing around, given how lightly Nyx slapped it.

sighed, “The young male lion is indeed

swirling around its body. There was a ton of that black mist, and every time she cleared a

yet. At this rate, if she kept

behavior started to shift. It grew calmer, and its eyes were starting to show sharpness, like it had regained some

rid the

was settling into a more comfortable position to continue her work, she

up?” Nyx asked

and its body turned tense as it studied the outside world. It looked back at Nyx, as if unsure whether to

lion leapt off the bed, jumped straight through the window, and

by the window, her eyes darting around, but there

of the broken window, poking her head out. He freaked out, immediately

scooped her up and pulled her

as her feet left the ground, startled by the

life she’d ever been held like that, and he felt her face

the hell

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swear he wasn’t thinking anything inappropriate when he held Nyx. He just wanted to get

the crisis passed, and they stayed in that position for a moment,

his arms.

this, Zayne could even smell the sweet and comforting scent on her, like the first sunlight of

usual composed, reserved self. He looked down at her and said,

processing the whole thing. She didn’t think the height of

anyway.

It jumped out of the window a minute ago and disappeared.”

to this, so she asked, “Do you know

for a bit and