Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 324

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It was food. What tripped her was a snow mound. After it caused her to fall, something buried under the snow was revealed: a pile of food.

There were sweet potatoes and cured meats. Nyx's heart raced with excitement. She had found the things they had discarded earlier.

The food in the bamboo basket was almost gone, and the snow at the cave entrance hadn't been cleared yet. She was worried about what to do, and this was truly an unexpected blessing.

"Zayne, look.” She raised her head, calling her mates over, but she caught a subtle look of shock and panic in Snow Wolf's

eyes.

In that instant, reason returned to her mind. Nyx looked down at the pile of food again, her excitement gradually fading.

Something was not right. The food that had been tossed in the chaos should have been scattered everywhere, not gathered in one pile. It would have been difficult to throw it that far.

She carefully counted the sweet potatoes and cured meats, mentally tallying them, and realized the number matched the food Zayne had "eaten" in the past few days. Nyx's face gradually darkened.

"Is this the food we lost earlier?" Zayne calmed down, leaned down, and affectionately nuzzled the little rabbit. "Great!"

His tone was completely natural; aside from a momentary flash of panic, he showed no other flaws. If someone didn't know him well, they might have been fooled.

Nyx stood still, staring at him with a cold expression. The air fell into silence. After a long pause, Nyx spoke, her voice slightly trembling, "Have you not eaten anything these days?"

She wasn't sure exactly how many days had passed, but it felt like at least a week. During this long period, Zayne not only starved himself but also kept digging snow and working. This was literally draining his life away.

Nyx felt short of breath, almost fainting from the anger and distress. "Why did you lie to me? Why didn't you eat anything?"

Their eyes met, and Zayne, knowing he had been exposed, gave up on defending himself. He lowered his head and confessed, "I ate a little snow because there wasn't enough food."

If he ate, Nyx would go hungry. From the moment they had gathered the food in the bamboo basket and counted the supplies, he had realized this fact.

empty, but the snow at the entrance of the cave had not been dug

him to make it. He wondered if Beast

I die, you'll be the tribe's shaman. Promise

to take over as his successor, Beau was not as capable as Nyx. The responsibility of

they would take care of her. He could

to be someone else's mate. He trailed off, his throat tightening, and swallowed the

couldn't selfishly delay Nyx's return to a normal life. After

changing to a different sentence. "Don't

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her to forget about him either. "Is that okay?" After

as she stared at him, silent. After a long while, she finally spoke, but it wasn't an agreement. Her

you." She knew Zayne's only weakness and threatened him with her life. "If you

intense pleading. Everything he had done was for the survival

taking advantage of the moment. Zayne hesitated, opened his mouth, and after a long

how many more days it would take to dig out the cave

own mouth and stomach with a few bites of snow, then went back to work, clearing the snow at the cave entrance. Keeping track

panicked. He ran to search for Nyx, finally finding her around a corner. He sighed with relief, "It's time

Wolf brought the food to her, trying to please her, but she still didn't

he couldn't get the food into her mouth, so he had

refusing to eat, no matter how much food was offered; she would only occasionally nibble on some snow, spending the

little rabbit set her mind to something, Zayne

she was visibly getting thinner. The thought of her starving made his own hunger feel more intense, with the burning sensation in his stomach and the dizziness

Zayne quickly surrendered, raising his hands. "I've already eaten, this time

at him briefly, then stepped over to the food, carefully checking it,

wasn't being lied to this time. Still, she refused to let her guard down. "You must eat

count."

He obediently looked down and

entered his stomach, and instinctively, he craved more. The other food in front of

to stop him and quietly finished her