Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Carrying Nyx back home, Zayne was still chewing over how to answer her question.

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As soon as they stepped inside, Zayne was caught off guard by the sight of Theon standing there by the door, looking like he was being punished for something. Zayne thought, ‘Why didn’t he be locked up by the officers?”

Zayne’s eyes narrowed, a sarcastic edge creeping into his voice as he looked at Nyx and said, “You’re looking for that lion? Well, you’ve got one right in front of you.”

Nyx’s first reaction was that Zayne sounded weird, like he was jealous. But then it hit her like a ton of bricks. In her head, she screamed. That out–of–control lion is Theon?!”

Her anger flared up faster than she could stop it. Without thinking, she grabbed the wolf’s car and asked, “So you two were lying to me about this whole thing?”

They’d told her Theon had a mission back at the base and wouldn’t be home.

Zayne’s wolf ears were sensitive, and he flinched hard at the unexpected yank, his body shuddering. “Sorry about that…”

Nyx didn’t even know why she’d done it, but seeing his reaction, she immediately let go, her face flushing as she stammered, “I–I don’t like being lied to.”

The wolf made a short, almost apologetic sound, as if to confirm he wouldn’t pull that stunt again.

Meanwhile, the sight of Nyx riding on the giant snow wolf stabbed at Theon’s nerves.

Usually, when a male went out of control, they got picked up and locked down by the Supervision Office. But Theon’s Loss of Control Index had dropped to 70, so they didn’t restrict his freedom but allowed him to go home.

He’d been panicked, worried about the possibility that during his lost control phase, he might have hurt Nyx or done something unspeakable. That thought had driven him to run all the way back here.

However, when he returned home, the house was empty, and he’d stood there waiting, completely frozen for hours. His mind had been too clouded with anxiety to think straight.

If only he’d checked his Intelligent Brain, he would’ve seen a trending video on StarNet showing Nyx soothing a rogue black mamba on the street and realized it was all a misunderstanding. He’d know he hadn’t done anything wrong to her.

But he hadn’t even glanced at his Intelligent Brain.

there, his shoulders slumped, and asked in a tight and hoarse voice, “Can we… talk

caught off guard by his

confidence and strength. She’d never seen him like this–defeated, vulnerable, almost like a different person.

for lying to me? But that wasn’t exactly a huge deal,

lion had always been tied

with him, but just as she was about to leave, the snow wolf tugged

attention back.

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eyes were fixed on her, clearly not planning to let her go alone. He knew he couldn’t keep her

hesitated for a moment before opening her arms and pulling the big wolf

his human form, Nyx might’ve felt shy. But with his beast form, it was

melted into the embrace, his eyes closing in contentment to

up to the top floor

window that faced a peach tree. Nyx opened it just a crack, and a soft breeze swirled in,

a lion. It had a golden mane and amber eyes–it was the same clingy lion she knew. For a second, Nyx remembered all the carefree moments she’d shared with the lion–rolling around and playing together. Nyx was filled with warmth, and

through her mind–the images of her rolling around with him, touching him, kissing him… But now, all those scenes were replaced by Theon’s face. Nyx shuddered, her body stiffening with the weight

more she thought, the more she wanted to bury herself

looking everywhere but at him, Theon’s heart sank.

was now sure that he had done something to her, so she

of the past, maybe even gone so far down the drain. She probably couldn’t even bring herself to look at his beast form anymore.

eyes dulled with regret as he shifted back

could change a person’s clothes in a flash, no longer forcing males to awkwardly get dressed after shifting forms.

had been around for thousands of years. But to Nyx, who came from Earth, it was a whole new world. She gawked

then, just as quickly, she saw something even more

smooth, deliberate motion, the sound

hurt himself somehow, and rushed to catch

no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t pull him

go, stunned. Theon kept his posture and said in an

fit.