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.

Aurelius-one naive and easy to tease, the other self-aware as a latecomer-quickly found a balance to

weren't so easily

not to hide it. Hearing that name from her lips gave

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

said in a muffled tone. "I just hope you won't contact him anymore. Anything he can give you, I can give you too-all of it. If he pesters you or

at this point, she could only grit her teeth and keep

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staying silent.

response, Kai understood. "Are you toying with me?" he asked, and the sad part was he

shook her head quickly. “No"

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

her tired legs around searching for a while, then sat against a

her-decades in the Beastmen

what to do-thinking the test might actually

green eyes watched her silently

to step forward, hesitated, and stayed

emotions, stood up, and walked away. The leopard instinctively chased after her a few steps, then snapped out of it and forced himself to

a message to Kai on the ride-

she got home, where he was

to hide it, a trace of exhaustion slipped through. She managed a weak smile and was about to speak when a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her into

back gently. "I was just worried about your safety. Next time

warm that Nyx's tense shoulders relaxed-she leaned

apologize." Seafarion soothed

report on your whereabouts-it's just

carefully, "were you

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

done with Nyx. Yet he'd