Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 436

Chapter 436

The expression of a beast preparing to hunt sent shivers down the spine. Nyx didn't want to compare whose fangs were sharper with a feline—she saw the male inching closer again, so she lifted her chin and pressed her lips against his.

The male, kissing for the first time, froze completely, his body trembling as he stared at her in a daze. Two flexible arms. wrapped around his neck.

Ever since arriving in this world, aside from that very first time, Nyx had spent months living a single life. Back home, she found the males too overbearing, but once they were suddenly gone from her side, she felt an empty discomfort she couldn't adjust to.

Finally holding a warm leopard in her arms brought an undeniable satisfaction- she slept soundly until late morning, stretched lazily, and turned to see a sturdy wall of a figure beside her.

"Good morning," she said. Kai pressed his thin lips together, returned a morning greeting, and got up to make breakfast.

Nyx stared at his back, sensing he seemed a little unhappy. She was confused.

Breakfast was lavish, but Kai had no appetite-his eyelashes drooped as he fixated on the bite mark near his thumb, lost in thought. Nyx ate a few bites before setting her fork down, silently watching him.

After a long, tense standoff, Kai broke first. "Nyx, will you take responsibility for me?" he asked.

He had approached their deeper step with the mindset of being officially together. But Nyx had been so passionate yesterday, so skilled, as if he wasn't her first, nor her last male. Once the excitement faded, fear and unease crept up on him belatedly.

"Of course." Nyx nodded decisively, without hesitation. "We'll be together forever."

Seeing her certainty eased Kai's heart a little, though he still frowned slightly. "I'm not the first male you've dated, am I?" He might've been inexperienced, but he wasn't clueless.

The smile on Nyx's face faded a bit. "Does that bother you?" she asked.

Noticing her expression shift, Kai's heart sank-he wanted to shake his head right away but held back, waiting for her

answer.

Nyx rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on. Theon and Felix were tied by blood. Having raised her together, they naturally stayed by her side as three lions living as a unit.

easy to tease, the other self-aware as a latecomer-quickly

and Kai, however, weren't so easily managed

was with Seafarion before," she said, opting not to hide it. Hearing that name from her lips gave Kai a mix of "so

dating? What were they, then? Some kind of arrangement? A transactional thing?' Kai didn't want to think

Anything he can give you, I can give you too-all

at this point, she could only grit her

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staying silent.

you toying with me?" he asked, and the sad part was he

shook her head quickly.

explain further, the male at the table stood abruptly, unable to hold back his surging emotions-he

the vast forest, if a leopard wanted to hide, no one could hope to find him. Nyx dragged her tired legs around searching for a

her mates would always forgive her-decades in the Beastmen Empire

know what to do-thinking the test might actually fail, Nyx hugged

her silently from

a paw to step forward, hesitated,

leopard instinctively chased after her a few steps, then snapped out of it and forced himself to stop. He wasn't some male to

a message to Kai on the ride- confessing her fickleness but swearing she never meant to

her scheduled date with Seafarion, she got home, where he was already waiting. "You didn't come home last

was about to speak when a

gently. "I was just worried about your

that Nyx's tense shoulders relaxed-she

Seafarion soothed

whereabouts-it's just

carefully, "were you

Seafarion's face darkened instantly-he took a deep breath. "So he's not with you now and ran off abroad

slate anymore-he could tell what Kai had done with Nyx. Yet he'd just gotten word from