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.

naive and easy to tease, the

Kai, however, weren't so easily managed by her at

not to hide it. Hearing that name from her lips gave Kai a mix of "so that's it" and "I should've

count as dating? What were they, then? Some kind of arrangement? A transactional thing?' Kai

you won't contact him anymore. Anything he can give you, I can give you too-all of it. If he pesters you or threatens you, I'll deal

at this point, she could

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staying silent.

a long wait with no response, Kai understood. "Are you toying with me?" he asked, and the sad part was

her head quickly. “No"

back his surging emotions-he turned into a leopard and bolted out like a gust

forest, if a leopard wanted to hide, no one could hope to find him. Nyx dragged her tired legs around searching for a while, then sat against a

mates would always forgive her-decades in the Beastmen Empire had sadly shifted her mindset, making her

with this mess now, she didn't know what to do-thinking the test might

watched her silently from the bushes. The leopard

a paw to step forward, hesitated, and stayed

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

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

got home, where he was already

through. She managed a weak smile and was about to speak when a pair of

just worried about your safety. Next time you go out, can you let me

tense shoulders relaxed-she leaned against his chest. "Sorry,"

Seafarion soothed her gently. "You don't owe

your whereabouts-it's just my selfish

"were you with

"So he's not with you now

what Kai had done with Nyx. Yet he'd just