Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

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That ancient phone’s battery was shot–unplugged all night, it was teetering on dead. Before Nyx could get a word in, it beeped twice, screen went black, and shut off. The yelling cut out instantly. The huge suite fell into an awkward silence.

Lancet looked at Nyx, his face a mess of emotions. He knew he’d misjudged her. Feeling bad and wanting to fix it, he offered, “I’ll get you a better agent ASAP. If you want out of your company, I’ll set up a studio for you.”

“As for those threats, don’t sweat it,” he added. Truth was, he didn’t even know who this “Mr. Williams” was.

There were many Williams in business and politics, but none of them could flex in front of Seafarion. Trying to snatch someone from Seafarion, that Williams guy didn’t have the juice.

Nyx finished signing the confidentiality contract, grabbed her copy, and nodded at him. “Thanks for the help.”

A company that raised a pimp like her agent was obviously a cesspool–sticking around was pointless, and bailing meant a fat penalty fee. Someone cleaning up this mess for her would be ideal.

Before ditching the company, Nyx planned to swing by one last time–pack up her meager stuff from the shared dorm. Oracle Entertainment was a small outfit, run by some rich kid playing around. No business sense–just wanted to pick girls and party with other sleazy bigshots.

They had two semi–known stars propping it up–third–tier at best. The rest were nobodies, scraping by worse than streamers or influencers. No resources, no cash to break contracts–most artists saw no future, gave up, and holed up in the dorms, wasting away.

Nyx used to be one of them. Most faces in the apartment were familiar, and a few swarmed her the second she showed up. “Nyx! You’re back?”

“What went down yesterday? Mr. Haidt took you to see Mr. Williams?”

“Was it Hurricane Tech’s Mr. Williams? Isn’t he with Jane? Why’d he switch to you all of a sudden?”

The company was tiny–gossip spread like wildfire overnight.

Hurricane Tech’s Mr. Williams was a big–shot in Broskel, “dating” one of Oracle Entertainment’s stars, Jane Dorma. Dating, sure–but everyone knew it was a sugar–daddy deal. One after money, one after looks–hardly a stable relationship at all. So, Mr. Williams eyeing the younger, prettier Nyx wasn’t a shock.

“You stayed with Mr. Williams overnight?” someone asked, sizing her up, testing the waters.

Not all of them were ambitionless flops. Plenty were just stuck without a break, dreaming of snagging a rich backer to shoot to the top. If Nyx hooked Mr. Williams, she was about to replace Jane as the new star.

Nyx faced a mix of concern, curiosity, and jealousy from all sides and shook her head. “Nope.”

She looked so chill the jealous stares faded a bit. No point lying about something like that.

“Yeah, makes sense. If you’d landed Mr. Williams, Mr. Haidt wouldn’t be raging today.”

“So it didn’t work out? Mr. Williams met you and wasn’t impressed?”

“Oof.

“You didn’t piss him off, did you?”

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“Mr. Haidt’s been stomping around looking for you since morning, cursing up a storm–he’s pissed. Watch out later.”

They were chattering away when a door got shoved open hard, slamming the wall with a loud “bang.” Seeing the worn–out woman inside, the hallway went dead quiet.

J–Jane.”

was, after a beat, they forced out greetings. Jane

every trick to keep her sugar daddy, but this kid acted all high–and–mighty like she didn’t

buzzing with gossip like flies. She’d smashed her phone

night, too scared to leave her room, until Nyx–the one who’d stolen her man and screwed her over–showed up. Then

“Think I can’t tell if you

have worked hard last night. She was

didn’t satisfy Mr. Williams,

fantasy broke, he wasn’t happy. Thinking Nyx might’ve busted her ass all night for

keep taunting when she spotted someone coming

Mr. Haidt, the industry’s big–shot pimp–she didn’t want to cross him. Might need him later to bounce back, hook her up with

Haidt usually grinned at big names like Jane, but today he blew her off like she wasn’t there. He stormed in under

frame, folks winced–nobody wanted to watch her get slapped silly, Mr. Haidt’s temper was no joke–he’d hit people before.

looked eager, not caring she’d been ignored–just wanted Nyx

up her current

on a greasy smile. “You’re back! Where’d you go last night? I couldn’t reach you–worried

kid

His tone was downright friendly–nicer than he’d ever

set on teaching Nyx a lesson, but then Seafarion called him up personally–said Nyx got bought out, wasn’t his problem anymore.

of the company. Thirty million in breach fees wasn’t chump change—nobody just pulled that out of nowhere. Dylan Haidt was dead certain Nyx

didn’t come back–maybe stumbled into some big

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thirty mil cold for a girl after one night, either they had serious clout or were totally smitten with

to make Dylan tread carefully–she

a pro at playing the wind. He acted like he’d never cussed her

She marveled at Dylan’s shamelessness–and at Lancet’s speed. He’d sorted her mess out that fast. She

since the crime didn’t stick, the punishment wouldn’t be harsh enough to cool her anger. Violence was bad, sure–but damn, it felt good.

her fists slowly, ready to swing, when someone bolted from the

practically tripped over himself getting to Dylan, whispered

“What’d

off before Nyx’s fist could land–running like the devil was after him. Dylan came and went in a flash–everyone was clueless what happened. They turned to Nyx and saw her opening

going?”

empty. Nyx just tossed her odds and ends into a bag, rolled up

out of the company, so I’m

“You quit?”

The hallway erupted.

the breach

That cuts the fee, but it’s still thirty

quitting’s five mil! Where you getting that

really didn’t snag Mr.

Nyx was straight

Williams, why was Dylan kissing her ass?”

who’d cover

a place

“They tried something illegal–I’m heading to

she sued Mr. Williams, it looked like

scene popped into her head–Seafarion with his icy pretty–boy face, swirling a wine glass, dropping the classic CEO line. “The Williams Group

go from stone–cold to giggling, bragging about suing Williams and Dylan, they figured she’d

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you stayed a nobody too long, your head