Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 282

In an instant, Nyx’s emotions were indescribably complex.

She had told him to abandon her and stay away, yet he had stayed by her side all along.

Even with his memory lost, Felix was still as stubborn as ever, yet soft–hearted. He clearly feared that getting sick would he contagious and possibly fatal, but still, he risked it all to warm her up and lick her fur.

“Felix. Nyx softly called out.

Tm here,” Black Mane immediately responded. He insisted on shielding the small female from the wind and rain with his body, never leaving her side.

“Where’s Theon! Nyx looked around but couldn’t see the golden–haired lion, unsure of where he had gone.

“He’s gone to find some herbs to cure you,” Black Mane comforted, gently licking her forehead. “Once you eat these herbs, you’ll get better.”

Those words were meant to comfort Nyx, but also to comfort himself. He was also scared, feeling empty inside, unsure of what would happen.

Just imagining Nyx dying in front of him made him unbearable. If Nyx could get better, he would gladly bear her sickness himself.

Around them, various small animals watched the situation while gossiping.

“She seems like she’s about to die.”

“Better stay away from her.”

“Honestly, why is he still hugging her?*

In the vast grasslands, survival of the fittest.

The mortality rate of lion cubs was always high, and lionesses would even abandon weak cubs.

A cub like this, weak and sick, would most likely be abandoned even by its own mother. Yet these two male lions still refused to give up.

In the pitch–black night, the golden–haired lion ran through the rain without stopping, holding a bunch of wild herbs and flowers in his mouth, exhausted but determined as he returned.

Looking at those plants, Nyx was amazed. She hadn’t expected him to actually find herbs to treat her illness.

lost, Theon was still a clever

in gratitude, picking through the herbs and eating the ones that seemed most suitable for her condition.

herbs tasted awful to Nyx, but she still closed her mouth and swallowed them, not wanting to

wanted to get better as soon

small paw and sketched some other herbs

these tomorrow.

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once mocked how pointless the preparations before the trial seemed, but now they were coming in handy,

knowing which life–saving herbs could be found

explained to

Theon nodded commmoudy

immediately, but Nyx stopped him, insisting he wait

dawn appeared and the rain began to subside

eyes, a neat pile of herbs was already

slept a wink all night, had been nervously watching over her. He immediately noticed she had woken up “Would you

again early that morning gathering herbs,

opening

herbs you wanted,” he

everything she needed–nothing was missing. “But are you sure

he paused, his rationality returned, and he

How would the small lioness know? She is so young and has little experience,

even worried if the herbs were poisonous. He had tested them by making a few rabbits eat them, and then secretly tried them

rabbits had escaped with their lives,

Tch, damn lion.”

grass that bad before.”

something like this

to die from the sickness.”

eat that grass, but

struggle to eat the grass, the two male lions felt

the bitterness in her mouth. “What do you want to

an elephant or a giraffe, he

didn’t want to burden her mates any further. “Anything is fine. Zebra,

then