Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 407

Chapter 407

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She didn’t know Kellingtown grew trees like this. Nyx rode around it a few times, her eyes getting brighter.

Cloudie the black horse nipped off some branches, chewed a bit, then spat them out, tail flicking like it tasted awful.

“What’s up, Nyx?” Erik caught up. “What’re you looking at?”

Nyx grinned and patted the trunk, in a great mood. “A cinchona tree.”

You could pull quinine from its bark–good for treating malaria. No big epidemics were raging now, but stumbling on a plant that could cure something still thrilled her–collector’s itch kicking in.

Thing was, this tree liked Kellingtown’s climate. Taking it back to Hilltop City to grow might not work.

After mulling it over, she picked a few semi–woody branches to cut as slips, planning to hand them to Jinx and Jules to try growing in a greenhouse. Worked out, great. Didn’t, no biggie.

Erik got to work chopping branches and digging dirt, no complaints. The grand general gripped his sword with a serious face–not killing enemies, just playing farmhand. He wouldn’t let Nyx lift a finger for this grunt work.

Nyx leaned on the horse, chin in hand, watching him, then piped up. “Aren’t you curious how I know this tree can heal

stuff?”

liquor, and the textbooks she planned to have written, covering all kinds of subjects. That stuff went way beyond explaining

pulling out tricks like these was risky–standing out too much drew trouble. She didn’t even like the spotlight-

other wrestling scheming nobles, she couldn’t sit by. Had to roll up

with her supposed identity or past. She didn’t care much what outsiders thought–just found the “fairy lady”

Pale Wolf

paused mid–dig, his voice

His pillow partner was a walking mystery; of course he’d want to know more. But if

tales, she was some fairy or spirit, and once her secret got out, she’d vanish in a puff of wind?

nights, he had dreamed Nyx saying she had to go back to the heavens, disappearing from his arms. No matter how he grabbed or begged, she’d slip away, and he’d jolt awake, staring into the dark ‘til dawn. He’d rather know nothing–curiosity

not curious?” She circled him, sensing a bluff, then grabbed his chin to make him look up. “What if I lied to

on a whim to fool the

Erik pressed his lips tight, his face an open book. “Are you

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bored of me, and now she is heading back to the sky?‘ he wondered. His eyes darkened, wrestling inside. He grabbed her wrist hard, a wave of pressure rolling off him. Like a wolf ready to pounce, jaws aimed at

quaking, but Nyx wasn’t fazed–just confused. “Leave? To where? Aren’t we heading back to

stare, it clicked–she

she said, tilting her chin to peck his cheek, holding back a

but she’d come here to be with

loosened up, eyes red as he pulled her into his arms. “A mortal life’s short–stay with me a

guesses. He didn’t expect her to remember him forever–just hoped she’d spare a few decades to stay by his

her anxious partner and stroking his back. “I’m not a fairy or

it like I came back from the future to find you