Chosen Mate Of The Beastmen Empire

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.noveldrama

"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.

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

Seafarion and Kai, however, weren't so easily managed by her at the same time.

"It wasn't dating, but I was with Seafarion before," she said, opting not to hide it. Hearing that name from her lips gave Kai a mix of "so that's it" and "I should've known."

they were together, why didn't it count as dating? What were they, then? Some kind of arrangement? A transactional thing?' Kai didn't want to think too hard about it.

"I don't mind anything else," he 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 threatens you, I'll deal with him for you."

Nyx's guilt flared up at his words. But at this point, she could only grit her teeth and keep playing the unfaithful player,

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staying silent.

After a long wait with no response, Kai understood. "Are you toying with me?" he asked, and the sad part was he couldn't even muster anger-just heartache.

Nyx shook her head quickly. “No" she denied.

Before she could explain further, the male at the table stood abruptly, unable to hold back his surging emotions-he turned into a leopard and bolted out like a gust of wind

In 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 while, then sat against a big tree, reflecting on whether she'd rushed things too much yesterday,

She'd been too confident, assuming her mates would always forgive her-decades in the Beastmen Empire had sadly shifted her mindset, making her overlook a male's possessiveness.

Faced with this mess now, she didn't know what to do-thinking the test might actually fail, Nyx hugged her knees and buried her head.

A pair of green eyes watched her silently from the bushes. The leopard stretched

out a paw to step forward, hesitated, and stayed put, torn.

After a while, Nyx sorted out her emotions, stood up, and walked away. The leopard instinctively chased after her a few steps, then snapped out of it and forced himself to stop. He wasn't some male to be toyed with.

Nyx left the villa, called a car, and typed out a message to Kai on the ride- confessing her fickleness but swearing she never meant to play him.

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

Even though Nyx tried 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 a broad male embrace.

Seafarion stroked her back gently. "I was just worried about your safety. Next time you go out, can you let me know?"

His embrace was so warm that Nyx's tense shoulders relaxed-she leaned against his chest. "Sorry," she murmured.

"It's fine, no need to apologize." Seafarion soothed her gently. "You don't owe me

a report on your whereabouts-it's just my selfish wish."

"Nyx," he asked carefully, "were you with Kai yesterday?"

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

He wasn't a blank slate anymore-he could tell what Kai had done with Nyx. Yet he'd just gotten word from his men that Kai had boarded an international flight.

After taking his fill and leaving Nyx so worn out, he didn't even stay to care for her-just up and left. Seafarion clenched his fists, feeling ashamed and furious on her behalf.

"He went abroad?" Nyx blinked, surprised. "Maybe it's for work."

"But we did argue. well, not really an argument." She pursed her lips. "It's my fault-I'm two-timing."

"Two-timing' Seafarion froze for a moment, realizing he was one of the two, a flush creeping up his face.

So that was it. The root of it all was him. He'd thought he was out of the picture entirely, but Nyx had still kept a place for

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him by her side.

"He's the immature one," Seafarion said, tightening his hold on his beloved, secretly delighted and relieved.

"Let's not talk about it." Nyx coughed lightly. "Where are we going today?"

Whether it was figuring out the next step or chasing that leopard abroad to coax him back, she'd deal with it tomorrow-today, she'd promised Seafarion a date, and she'd focus on him.

"Nowhere-we'll go out next time," Seafarion said, carrying her gently to his bed and slipping off her shoes and socks.

He exuded the calm, generous aura of a primary partner. "Today, Nyx, just rest at home," he added.

Then he pulled her pajamas from his closet, turned to prepare hot water, bath salts, and essential oils, and headed to the kitchen to make her favorite soup.

Nyx soaked in a hot bath, changed into soft pajamas, and drowsily watched Seafarion bustle about, wondering when he'd evolved into this.

The sweet soup finished cooking, its warm steam filling the air. Seafarion paused, took a photo of the soup, then one of himself in an apron, and finally a sneaky shot of Nyx's hand holding a spoon.

He edited the three photos and shared them publicly for all to see. Kai wasn't on his list, but the circle was small-gossip would reach abroad eventually. Since Kai had stormed off in a huff, he might as well stay out there-preferably never come back.