Spotting the leopard, the parrot dove down hard-more eagle than parrot. Then he saw the scene and-thud-slammed

into a tree.

The fox he'd been holding dropped midair, rolling across the ground a few times.

Nyx was speechless. She put down the cat toy, walked over, and picked up the parrot and fox-one in each hand-shaking off the grass and dirt.

Both little demons went stiff, playing dead. The sunflower parrot couldn't believe his eyes, couldn't process what he'd just witnessed. Kai was aloof and mighty. But he reduced to a woman's plaything, like some kitten trying to please a human for food.

Helly's feelings were even messier. She'd been through too much that day. First spooked by a man-eating demon, then finding out it was her revered Kai. She'd calmed down, only for her boss to call out her true identity.

She'd bawled in the group chat until the parrot offered to bring her to Kai for help. And then-she saw her boss wielding a cat toy, teasing Kai into rolling over. Boom-Helly's worldview shattered into pieces.

The moment Nyx let go, she bolted off crying, fast as lightning-Nyx couldn't stop her. When he saw his buddy flee, the parrot's feathers bristled. He flashed back to Kai swatting him into the dirt and took off too, not looking back.

Nyx turned to Kai awkwardly. "You want to explain to them?"

'How'd they stumble into this private moment? Should've stayed inside, she thought.

"Don't worry about it," the leopard said, rubbing his head on her hands to overwrite the other demons' scents.

games, tidied up, and went inside to check her phone. Helly was still

a riot. The demon group had exploded. Ignoring Helly's 99+ sob- fest, word of Nyx treating the big leopard like a cat had

smart, keeping Kai's embarrassment under wraps.

seen.

and right, messages flying, a chaotic mix of languages

Nyx, some doubted Helly's story, but most were worried- Demons and humans couldn't be together unless it was

ancient, ironclad rule. No one knew why, but they all believed it and didn't want Kai testing fate. He could date Nyx, even get closer, but

glaring at his phone, his mood sinking fast. Even in beast form, she

wrong?" she asked,

his phone facedown and snuffing the screen. He pulled her into his arms, brushing it off. "Just got

Nyx gave him a look but didn't call him out, just hugged him tighter,

nonsense,' he thought. He had the strength to protect Nyx and the confidence

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himself. As long as Nyx wasn't scared of him, he had

murmured, nuzzling her neck, breathing her in

his current form wasn't cutting it,

slipped out, he noticed his bare arms, snapped to his senses, and turned beet red. Demons weren't as hung up on modesty as humans, but embarrassing himself

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