Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

“The chaos in the palace had yet to reach the outside world.

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As for the royal ball, Nyx wasn’t as worried about the royal family’s schemes as Zayne was. Her problem was much simpler- she couldn’t dance.”

Back on Earth, she’d never even touched social dancing, and the dances here looked even more complicated than anything she’d seen before.

Coming from the Desolate Planet, Zayne had very little knowledge of formal dancing himself. His experience was limited to what he’d learned in school, which he had no interest in at the time, just like he didn’t care for cooking classes.

He barely passed those subjects, and even if he wanted to teach Nyx, he wouldn’t have the skills for it.

Theon was actually pretty good at dancing, enough to teach Nyx. But, as luck would have it, he was about to leave Central Planet to return to the 286th White Tiger Regiment.

He swore, though, that this wasn’t another lie to Nyx.

As the highest–ranking officer of the 286th Regiment, he couldn’t afford to be away from the base for too long. Since accompanying Nyx to Central Planet, he had already used up two weeks of his leave, hitting the max limit.

Zayne’s leave was a little longer, and since he was going to be reassigned back to Central Planet, he could stay with Nyx for a while longer.

But Nyx didn’t think she needed someone to babysit her–she wasn’t a kid anymore. She was perfectly capable of living on her own. Still, both Theon and Zayne insisted that one of them should stay with her at all times. It was their duty as her guardians.

Theon dressed in his military uniform and straightened his clothes. With a look full of regret, he promised Nyx, “I’ll be back often.”

The base was in a remote location. To get there from Central Planet, it required three space jumps, and even if he took the fastest military shuttle, it would still take two full days just to make a round trip.

Frequent visits meant Theon would be making that long, tiring journey quite a bit. Just thinking about it made Nyx feel exhausted for him. She suggested, “Why don’t I come with you guys to the base?”

mission to Central Planet was completed, and she didn’t have to

didn’t want Theon to keep running back and forth, and she definitely didn’t want Zayne to be reassigned just for her.

she could go

softened, tinged with helplessness. Having Nyx attached to him like this made him weak in the knees. He was sure no other male in the entire empire had such a sweet deal as he did.

he heard married soldiers complain about how indifferent their

them or

like those cold–hearted females. But he hadn’t expected her to be so unwilling to part with him, to even

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to explain gently, “Females have to live on high–level planets. The place I’m stationed

other hand, was on a mid–tier planet, surrounded by low–level planets with little development. It

to imperial law, females weren’t allowed to live in places like that. Even a short visit would require multiple levels of

and reached out to grab Theon’s sleeve. Since she couldn’t go to the base with him, she at least wanted

the 286th White Tiger Regiment. The shuttle had been docked at

piloting the shuttle had received orders to prepare for the return journey. He

with a teasing grin. “Boss, you’re not still missing that little female back home, are you? It took you so long

finish the sentence, he almost bit his own tongue in shock. His eyes widened when he saw a slender, pale hand reach out

Zayne appeared one after the other and carefully helped Nyx step down from the shuttle. They didn’t let go until she stood

fine sculpture, and

she looked up and saw the stunned expression on Theon’s subordinate. Amused,

small nod.

twenties who’d never interacted with any female other than his

his mind, A FEMALE IS SMILING AT

in the 286th White Tiger Regiment knew her. She was practically

here. This was a base full of tough, rugged males, and females would never

was about to explode from the embarrassment, and he thought, ‘Oh my, what did I just say?! She

wasn’t paying any attention to him. She didn’t even realize his mental breakdown. After a brief, polite greeting, she turned her focus to Theon, who

single one of them couldn’t help but glance their way. As soon as they