Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 452

Staring at his tall, steady back, Nyx froze. For a split second, the flashed back to years ago on that starship–him standing between her and Jaws, fighting an SS–level Space Pirate leader to the death for her.

Even without memories, he was still him, making the same choices. But Bale waurit Jaws. He had no intention of holding back.

“Hold me off with what? Where’s she gonna run?” he said, eyeing, Kian like a bug, laughing, He swung a palm down through the air, sending Kian flying, coughing blood.

Seeing him struggle back up instead of passing out ticked Bale off. “Want to die that bad? Fine, I’ll grant your wish

About to swing again, he paused, switching gears. With a flick of his sleeve, he pulled out a small, ornate pill cauldron, shimmering with light–obviously no ordinary thing

“My pill should’ve finished refining ages ago, but it wouldn’t open. Today, I’ll use you to break it in“” he said.

He powered it with spiritual energy. The cauldron glowed faintly, its lid cracking open like a giant maw. Kian fought with everything he had but got sucked in instantly.

“No!” Nyx’s scream ripped through the air, raw and desperate, startling even Bale, who flinched, looking at her confused.

Just a fling–worth all that?‘ he wondered. He fumbled to stop Nyx as she lunged at the cauldron. “He’s not dead! Not yet!”

The furnace wasn’t lit. It was hot, but that kid could handle it for at least a few minutes. Nyx wasn’t convinced, still half- crazed, pounding on Bale with her fists.

“Ow! Ouch!” Bale yelped, dazed by the barrage of slaps. “Your frame, it’s solid. You hit hard. With proper training, you’d be a top–tier demon.”

said, holding back from roughing her up–he didn’t want to hurt a beauty. He tried bargaining. “Agree to come with me,

heart, risking

glanced at the floating cauldron,

had to get Kian out alive. That was priority. They’d figure out the rest later. Besides, if she got nitpicky, this bear demon never set a timeline–when she’d go, how long she’d stay.

Awesome!” Bale was not the sharpest tool. He didn’t catch Nyx scheming in her head. Thrilled she agreed so fast,

clothes fell empty. She wriggled out, annoyed, popping out of

she’d stumbled onto how to shift back to her original

Nyx’s mind raced, combing through her memories again. The Voss family were pure mori. -head,

started at five or six, nothing

glowed green, locked on the palm–sized bunny. He was drooling. So cute. Human form was gorgeous,

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with Nyx, he didn’t notice the cauldron shaking

clutching their ears, watching, as the cauldron flared bright, then dimmed–like

with a “crack,” splitting apart, Kian dropped from

with Kian, he gawked, muttering, “No way. How’d you absorb my

that precious pill. Ancient pill texts said swallowing a Violet Soul Pill

Kian, nearly losing it, teetering. He grudgingly admitted Kian

in

it but didn’t dare eat it himself–wanted to crack the survival trick first or save it for

him mumble “impossible” over and over, she