Chosen Mate Of The Beastmen Empire

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.

Still, Nyx wasn't at ease. She lost her mood for cat-toy games, tidied up, and went inside to check her phone. Helly was still playing dead in her chat list.noveldrama

Kai's side was a riot. The demon group had exploded. Ignoring Helly's 99+ sob- fest, word of Nyx treating the big leopard like a cat had spread like wildfire in no time.

The parrot was smart, keeping Kai's embarrassment under wraps. But Helly, not the sharpest, blurted out everything she'd

seen.

The group was in an uproar-demons popping out left and right, messages flying, a chaotic mix of languages and animal calls like bleats, barks, and chirps.

Some envied Kai's closeness to Nyx, some doubted Helly's story, but most were worried- Demons and humans couldn't be together unless it was just casual fun, nothing serious. If a demon fell hard for a human, they'd die young.

It was an 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 not truly be with her.

Nyx listened to the animal noises, totally lost. She just saw Kai glaring at his phone, his mood sinking fast. Even in beast form, she could read him.

"What's wrong?" she asked, hugging the big leopard.

"Nothing," Kai said, flipping his phone facedown and snuffing the screen. He pulled her into his arms, brushing it off. "Just got a lot of work tomorrow. Don't want to do it."

He was always diligent-work wouldn't faze him like this. Nyx gave him a look but didn't call him out, just hugged him tighter, offering silent comfort. Their hearts pressed close, beating in sync.

'Humans and demons can't end well? Total nonsense,' he thought. He had the strength to protect Nyx and the confidence to

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protect himself. As long as Nyx wasn't scared of him, he had nothing to fear.

Nyx, the leopard murmured, nuzzling her neck, breathing her in deep. 'I want to stay by your side forever?

Realizing human confessions needed pomp, and his current form wasn't cutting it, he scrambled back to human shape.

7-L" Before "I love you' 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 in front of Nyx was a different story.

Nyx didn't look away, eyeing him with a half-smirk. This kind of blunder had happened back when they weren't even together yet. She'd been shy then-now she was way past that.

This leopard had skin hunger, always clinging to her for years on end. She knew every inch of him by heart.

Amnesiac Kai had no idea, flailing in shame but puffing his chest under her gaze. A courting male couldn't show weakness- he had to flex his strength at every chance.

He watched her face, thinking she seemed pleased, and ventured. "Satisfied with what you see?*

"Pfft!" Nyx couldn't hold it, cracking up at the cheesy line. The flirty mood shattered.

"Who'd you learn that from?" she asked, burying her face in a pillow, shoulders shaking. "The same guy who suggested the sugar baby deal?"

She thought he had watched too many cheesy novels, probably. But this time, it was pure coincidence-no one taught him. Kai didn't get what was so funny.

He stared at the giggling female, then reached out, brushed her cheek, and leaned in to taste the softness he'd been craving. Even holding back, his sharp canines grazed her, earning a soft hiss. Nyx wasn't one to lose-she bit back.

A neat little tooth mark bloomed on his right hand's tiger mouth. The perfect sting pulsed through him. Far from revenge, it fired him up, green eyes blazing with thrill.