Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 421

Everyone swapped looks, staying quiet. They could tell Jane was bluffing–hiding her freakout with bravalo. She was probably kicking herself for picking a fight with Nyx earlier.

Whoever could drag Marilyn out of retirement to manage Nyx would not let Nyx go short on resources Hurricane Tech’s Mr. Williams sure as hell didn’t have that kind of pull. Nyx wasn’t lying after all

The apartment buzzed with unease. Nyx settled into the van, closing her eyes for a quick nap, when her phone started buzzing like crazy in her pocket.

She didn’t want to check it—screen time in a car made her queasy–but it wouldn’t stop, so she grudgingly pulled it out Over a dozen unread messages–all from old dormmates, spamming friend requests through the company chat and stuff.

Scanning the names, none were close–some she didn’t even know, never spoken to. Now they were piling on, their motives crystal clear. Nyx ignored them all–didn’t approve a single one.

She opened the pinned company artist chat, ready to bounce, but saw they were going off about Dylan

[Holy crap! Check the livestream! More people are spilling on Dylan!]

[WTF]

[I knew Dylan was a pimp, but drugging too?]

[No wonder so many of his artists quit depressed.]

[He even smashed someone’s nose implant! My new nose just throbbed.]

[AAAAH he kicked a girl ‘til she miscarried!]

[I’m done. Thank god I’m not under him.]

[Same.]

[Dylan’s toast this time, right?]

[Hard to say–boss might cover for him. They’re tight.]

Nyx scrolled up through 99+ messages, slowed her exit, and decided to munch on this drama first. The ride from the dorm to her new place took about an hour. Nyx lurked in the chat, watching the mess explode.

It started with one of Dylan’s ex–artists popping off online–said Dylan forced them into a cash–for–sex deal with some bigwig, unwillingly.

Just a random nobody, and Dylan wasn’t famous, but the stream blew up anyway. More of Dylan’s victims joined in, spilling tea left and right–shocking stuff piling up, views snowballing to insane levels.

Oracle Entertainment had never been this hot. Seafarion didn’t want fame this way–things were spiraling out of his gr

Rich guys who’d dealt with Dylan started getting exposed one by one. People online jumped in, hyped, piecing together the year’s juiciest scandal.

Nyx clicked the list someone posted–sure enough, Mr. Williams was on it. The Williams Group was indeed no more.

[Cops are here–nobody’s saving him now.)

[We’re screwed, sisters–not just Dylan, Seafarion and company are tanking too. Jobless time!]

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nobodies, were sharp. After a bit of gossip, they sniffed out the company got targeted–probably ‘cause Dylan pissed off the wrong

cautious—Nyx mentions turned all praise, nobody daring to trash–talk her getting pimped to Williams like

to hit the police station,” she said,

front passenger seat.

with a faint smile, like she had it all under control. “If they need you for a statement, I’ll let you know ahead of time and take you.”

didn’t need to stress. The van parked in the underground garage–a short walk left to the elevator. The assistants hauled Nyx’s stuff up

checked out the new place Lancet arranged.

and junk were crammed in the boxes.

I’ll do it!” The assists)

“Let us handle

kept it together, stayed quiet. Helly blurted out, “Where’d all this junk come from?”

she’d screwed up, face red as

I–I.”

www

mad–just amused. “It’s

hard with this plebe. Calling it junk wasn’t wrong–it was beat–up but usable, and she wasn’t tossing

life felt ages away, but this stuff yanked her back to her youth–like she

something but held back, just looking at Nyx with a

but Gavin said he was a great cook -could handle her meals from now on, wanted to show

eager to make up for earlier. After

stunned by her speed. This girl was built for sprinting–or

bit?” Marilyn said, pulling her to

she said, handing Nyx a stack of papers. “Summarized the plots, marked roles I think suit you. Take a look–which one you

casually, like Nyx could pick any role she fancied and it’d She was not bragging about her clout–she’d been tapped by Lancet personally and knew Nyx’s backer was Seafarion. With

ers.

dug into the scripts seriously. Three–quarters through the first one, the

rang.

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as Gavin opened the door. Helly wood there, hands full of hulging bags. My thought she was a fast reader, but Helly was just unreal.

get back so quick” Nyx got up to grab the bags

boss–you’re not strong enough. Ill take em

they tugged back and forth, a

over,

she said, squinting

He started sweating buckets, wishing he could rewind thirty seconds and chop off his dumb hand for opening the

laughed back. “Coincidence? You’re funny, Lancet. Didn’t you set up this place for me?”

thought much of it moving in, but now it hit her–someone was playing

through a laugh. He couldn’t figure why Seafarion insisted on moving here, secretly playing neighbor, and swore him

liked Nyx, he should just be frank about it instead of hiding. What happened already happened–Seafarion was hot, loaded, and generous. Anyone landing that gig would be laughing all the way–nobody’d say no,

was thinking, but he followed orders. Seafarion’s thoughts weren’t his to question.

yet?” Nyx switched topics out of

and shook his

said, waving him over. “Want to

enough for another

waving it off. “I’ve

with Nyx right now–scared she’d dig deeper

he’d thought. Those clear eyes staring him down–he felt

by when you’re free. I make decent

cookies, him gone, just

with a grin, ducked back inside, and reported to Seafarion, asking what to do next. The door hadn’t shut earlier. Seafarion was in the living room, ears perked, listening

you,” he said after a long