Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 40

Ashton couldn’t understand why it turned out this way. He had only intended to mock Kian at first.

He turned his resentful gaze toward Kian, only to be taken aback by the sheer intensity of Kian’s stare.

Kian lowered his head, enveloped in a tense, oppressive atmosphere, and his brows furrowed in profound gloom.

He looked like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

After Kian fixed him with a cold, emotionless gaze, Ashton broke out in a cold sweat.

It felt as if Kian was staring at him like a corpse.

Ashton opened his mouth in panic, wanting to scream for help.

In the next moment, however, Kian reverted to his usual meek self, the earlier menace dissolving like an illusion and leaving Ashton even more bewildered.

On the way home, Nyx received a message from Kian. It was just one word: [Sorry.]

The events seemed to have caused the usually quiet male to become even more withdrawn. Nyx could feel his mood plummeting through the screen.

Nyx: [You didn’t do anything wrong. Why apologize? I should be thanking you for protecting me!]

She sent a cute bunny head–pat sticker.

Nyx: [It’s a pity we didn’t get to tour the campus today. Next time, you can take me around!]

Kian reread her two short replies dozens of times, his heart racing. ‘Next time? Can we really meet again?‘

On the Intelligent Brain, an account with a black bear avatar sent him a message.

Bear: [Tonight at 9 PM, C Zone, Underground Arena, Lord Jaws wants to meet you.

[I thought you weren’t going to follow Lord Jaws. What made you change your mind? Give me the scoop. What are you thinking?

[You better think carefully. Once you’re IN, there’s no turning back.]

Kian let the message notifications flash by without responding.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and reopened them. His usually calm and restrained gaze had turned sharp.

He replied to Bear: [I’ve made up my mind.]

Jaws, one of the underground arena’s top leaders and the head of the Space Pirates, had previously shown interest in Kian, but Kian had always refused to join.

Now, he had changed his mind. He stared coldly through the window in the direction of the Palace.

The area around Palace, the most expensive in the city, was home to various nobles, including the Quill family.

There was a stench of decay coming from nobles like Ashton.

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not bear such a stench even touching Nyx.

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to the bullying Ashton had done to him before, this time wasn’t too much, but it truly crossed his

was still asking him:

calmly replied: [An eye for an

the mud

dirty made him unworthy of approaching Nyx,

public opinion for the sake of its image or if the Quill family

image that surfaced on StarNet days later spoke volumes: Ashton, stripped of his arrogance, lay vulnerable in a medical pod, his body a canvas of bandages and bruises, the clear victim of

nearly choked. She widened her

like running that mouth really gets you beaten,” she sighed, unaware that the one who took action was standing right in front of her.

and nodded.

the true culprit, but Ashton, who had been

cleanly and left

made so many enemies, compiled a long list of suspects and ultimately

was the one involved in the recent conflict, but more importantly, Kian

A poor

no background, he was

him a lesson!” Ashton gritted his teeth and complained to his father.

had recently grown impatient with this son of

was handsome and looked just like him, always his favorite son, the recent public scandal he caused by

still comforted Ashton, saying he would deal with

the end, it was Kian’s fault for not knowing his place, which made his son lose face

Kian’s file, his eyes stopping at a certain point as

“Underground Arena-”

Arena, buying

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