Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 226

Nyx had no idea when these guys had all come to an agreement. She couldn’t guess it right.

Zayne said, “Ten minutes. If you don’t guess correctly or give up, there’ll be a little punishment.”

With that announcement, Nyx tensed up, her toes curling in nervous anticipation.

She tried her hardest to focus, desperately wanting to know whose turn it was. But she just couldn’t figure it out.

Zayne announced, “Time’s up.”

Then came a fierce punishment. Luckily, the cubs had already been coaxed away to eat and weren’t lingering outside the bedroom. Otherwise, they’d be worried about Nyx all over again.

The second round of the game began.

Nyx really didn’t want failure again, but she had no sense of time. Panicked, she blurted out a name after just three minutes, “Jaws!”

Jaws chuckled and shook his head. “Nyx, you want it to be me that badly? That makes me really happy, but… unfortunately, you guessed wrong.”

“It’s me, Nyx.” Kian’s voice held a hint of barely concealed displeasure.

The consequence of a wrong answer needed no explanation.

Without giving Nyx any time to recover, the game continued.

She was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. She had lost count of how many rounds she had played–maybe the eighth or ninth–before she finally got one guess right by sheer luck.

Nyx let out a long sigh of relief. But she relaxed too soon. Just because the game had ended didn’t mean everything was

over.

*****

When Nyx woke up, two fluffy little cubs were snuggled up on either side of her, while Chubby was angrily facing off against Jaws.

The moment he saw her open her eyes, Chubby immediately abandoned his father and rushed to her side with concern. “Mommy, did Daddies bully you?”

The tiny cub’s face was full of righteous indignation, his chubby fists clenched tightly.

Nyx’s mind went blank for a moment before an overwhelming sense of embarrassment washed over her. She propped herself up, pulled Chubby into her arms, and said, “Of course not. How could he?”

her explanation was too weak–Chubby didn’t believe her. He wasn’t

you, then why did you wake up

had no strength–her arms were soft even as she held him.

eyes stared at Nyx, unblinking, leaving her momentarily speechless.

Mommy and Daddies played a game last

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game?” Chubby pressed on.

that sometimes, having smart cubs could be exhausting.

game little cubs can’t play.” She vaguely dodged the question. “You’ll understand when

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Daddies‘ explanations are more or less the same, so it

true‘

a little and gave her a serious, grown–up reminder. “Mommy, next time, don’t play

absentmindedly, her face

“Mommy, did you cry last

innocent eyes were filled with pure curiosity.

could completely explode, the males hurriedly carried the

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of indulgence had nearly sentenced the males

it against them. Instead, she actually found a game to distract the cubs

the Sea Race Group, a wildly popular holographic survival game across

but since it had recently launched a competition and was all over StarNet, it caught her

game’s wilderness scenes were incredibly realistic, and all players used their beast forms, as

team format, she decided to sign up with the cubs.

immediately tried to stop her. “Nyx, this is a competitive tournament. Players have to fight over resources, battle each other, and eliminate opponents. It’s not

had highly realistic sensations–even though players wouldn’t actually get injured or die,

herself, but the cubs were still young, and it

she was about to give up, Chubby suddenly pounced on her leg and clung

excitedly, their

the one who brought it up in the first place.

warned the cubs. “If anyone

cubs sat upright before her and

Nyx’s sight, however, their expressions changed, eyes gleaming with excitement. They thought,

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