Chosen Mate Of The Beastmen Empire

Kai stared at the message Nyx sent him on his phone screen, reading it over and over. He'd run off in a fit of impol, ba his emotions cooled, regret and unease set in.noveldrama

But the deed was done he was already on the plane with no way to jump off, so he wrestled with whether to reply to thyx He didn't know what he could even say.

Torn back and forth, a friend request popped up-from the little fox in the chat group. Thinking she was Nyx's a accepted it without hesitation.

'Maybe Nyx got impatient waiting for my reply and sent the fox to pass a message? he wondered. His gloom lifed diety. and a faint smile crept onto his face.

Little Fox: [Lord Kai, hello, I'm Nyx's assistant.]

Little Fox: [Um. Aren't you dating my boss right now?)

Little Fox: [But I just saw Seafarion post an update.]

Helly tapped away at the screen with her front paws, nervous and jittery,

She'd never done anything so disloyal before, but with her human boss on one side and the demon clan leader she'd long admired on the other, she struggled before choosing to snitch to Lord Kai.

At most, she was just passing along info-she couldn't do much else anyway.

Kai jolted upright. He typed: [What?]

Little Fox: [Screenshot]

Little Fox: [Photo][Photo][Photo]

They looked like ordinary home-life shots, but that third photo was unmistakably Nyx's hand.

A soft silk pajama sleeve hugged her arm, revealing a slender, pale wrist-if it were shorter, it might've shown a trail of suggestive red marks. Kai had held that very arm and kissed it all night just yesterday-he knew it too well

Below the post, some nosy commenter teased: [Cooking for your girlfriend?]

Seafarion shamelessly replied: [Yes.]

Kai's pupils shrank. With a "crack," he crushed the phone in his hand.

A flight attendant jumped, rushing over to check on him, calming him down while scrambling to clean up the shattered pieces.

'What kind of monstrous strength did it take to crush a phone like that?' she thought.

His eyes glowed an eerie green, wild with fury. The crew nervously urged him to calm down, keeping their distance but not daring to stray too far, fearing this terrifying passenger might snap.

Honestly, they half-believed he could punch through the plane's hull-it felt that absurd. When the plane landed safely, everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief.

With his phone gone, Kai had no luggage left.

He didn't call for a ride or take a car-he walked far on foot, avoiding people, then tore off his clothes in a desolate spot,

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turned into a leopard, and ran wildly. The cold wind whipped against him, but it couldn't calm him down.

Late at night, moonlight spilled over the castle walls, casting stark, weathered shadows. A sharp crash of breaking glass echoed from the master bedroom-the old butler hurried over, shoved the door open, and cursed the bold thief who'd dared break in.

Seeing the leopard in the dark, his curses stopped short, and he gaped. "Lord Kai? Why are you back?"

Kai didn't always stay in one place. He'd lived in this castle for fifty years, decided it was time for a change, and moved to Broskel. By his plan, he intended to settle in Broskel for decades-no short-term return here.

The old butler studied the disheveled, dejected leopard, swearing he'd never seen Kai look so wrecked. 'Is Broskel some kind of awful place?' he wondered.

"What happened to you?" The old butler couldn't fathom what Kai had been through.

In his eyes, Kai was the mightiest demon clan member-unmatched under the heavens. Whoever could reduce Kai to a beaten stray must've been terrifying.

Kai held it in as long as he could before spilling glumly. "I fell in love with a human."

"What?" The old butler reeled in shock. He'd heard Kai was recently dating a human girl-getting close, even revealing his leopard demon identity. But he never imagined he would say he'd fallen in love.

“Her skin's so fair, her face so soft.” The leopard rambled on, praising Nyx from head to toe, every part adorable.

The old butler listened, eyes glazing over. He'd never known Kai could observe a female so closely.

"She's not scared of me at all-she really likes my beast form," said Kai.

The butler took that with a grain of salt, doubting it heavily. It was unlikely that a human didn't fear a massive leopard like

that.

He figured he'd guessed why Kai was so crushed. "Did she vanish? Refuse to see you or reply to you anymore?"

'She probably faked that calm and fondness to escape a leopard's jaws, then bolted the first chance she got, he thought.

Kai shot him an irritated glare, not liking his assumptions. "No," he said.

"She's willing to be with me-we've done everything." Recalling last night, a sweet shyness flickered in the leopard's eyes, quickly drowned by stronger emotions. "But she won't cut ties with another male."

The old butler stood dumbfounded. His imagination had been too limited.

After a stunned pause, he stammered, "W-well, just find a new partner then. She's human-not suited for you anyway."

Under that cold, piercing green stare, his voice shrank, softening to a milder suggestion. "Or, keep dating her and find a few pretty females on the side."

The butler didn't quite get what Kai was agonizing over. No matter how long they blended into human society, they were demons at heart.

Unlike humans who restrained themselves, most demons lived by instinct-closer to beasts. Polygamy and frequent partner swaps were par for the course. Leopards weren't exactly monogamous either.

"Plenty of young females in the clan admire you. What type do you like? Gentle? Lively? I'll pick some out for you," he said.

"Shut up." Before he finished, Kai slammed a paw down, cracking the floor, and stormed out the window in a fury.

The old butler flinched, falling silent. He got it now. Kai was bewitched by dar tevbeder de

Even so, the old butler wasn't ready to give up.

The next day, as dawn barely broke, the castle filled with gizling female vore "Thanks, Butler, for letting us use the place for a party!"

"Oh! Is this Lord Kai's old sword?"

"What a huge portrait of Lord Kai!"

The leopard returned from outside, damp with cold dew, pushed the door open, and walked rupe in this vese-rate of young, gorgeous demon clan females had taken over his castle, clinking glasses and chatting, away, these Imey drons swirling everywhere,

Surrounded by so many youthful, radiant faces, the old butler's wrinkles smoothed out-he booked computer youare. We winked at Kai mischievously,

Kai stepped back, slammed the door shut, and blocked out their starry-eyed stares,

He leaped up, crashed through the broken window into his room like last night, shifted to human form, dug or some clothes, and rang for the butler. "I lost my phone. Get me a new one-fast

The butler rushed over eagerly expecting Kai to have taken a shine to one of the females-only to hear this and deze t disappointment. “You really don't want to hang out with them? Even if none catch your eye, it'd lift your spirits

Kai buttoned his shirt to the top, giving him a chilly glance. "Don't meddle.

The butler slunk off dejectedly.

With his phone and SIM card trashed, recovering his old number would take days-Kai couldn't wait, so he got a new one.

Nyx was stressing over not reaching Kai-his phone was always off-when a blank account added her as a friend. She rejected it casually.

It sent a second request. This time, it came with a note: [It's Kai]

Nyx narrowed her eyes. After passing the request, she sent a video call straight

away. It took him ages to pick up–his handsome face flashed with panic, clearly caught off guard.

"Why'd you change numbers?" Seeing it was really Kai, Nyx relaxed and spoke first.

Her casual tone eased his nerves too. "Phone broke," he mumbled.

He didn't say how, but Nyx could guess well enough and fell quiet for a moment.

She studied his face, spotting the exhaustion he couldn't hide-his eyes were bloodshot.

"Didn't sleep well last night?" Nyx frowned, concerned.

Her gentle care broke him-his eyes reddened further. Just as he opened his mouth, a strange female voice came from the door. "Lord Kai, want a cupcake?" Kai was shocked. Meeting Nyx's surprised look, Kai's hair stood on end. He didn't even think of using this to get back at her -just shook his head in a panic. "I-I was out in the woods all night. I didn't call them here."

"Them?" Nyx lingered on the word. So there was more than one.

Kai's face screamed despair-he wanted to strangle the butler.

The female at the door, holding a cupcake, caught his fierce glare and shivered.

But after hesitating, instead of backing off, she walked right toward him.

Kai felt his innocence being slandered-his body tensed as he dodged back.

Seeing him about to bolt, she panicked, lunged forward, and shoved her face into his phone screen. "Nyx!" she shouted.

At her call, a horde of females lurking outside swarmed in.

"Nyx?"

"Is it Nyx?"

"Where's Nyx?"

"Wow! It's really Nyx!"

"I'm your fan!"

"Let me see!"

"Ouch!"

"Don't push! Stop shoving me."

The overexcited females forgot all about Lord Kai-no fear, no decorum-just grabbed his phone with a flurry of hands. Across the chaotic crowd of dolled-up girls, Nyx and Kai locked eyes, both bewildered.

As these brazen intruders turned into beast forms-twisting and showing off their

sleek fur or tough scales for Nyx, whose eyes sparkled with delight-Kai couldn't take it anymore and snatched his phone back.

He glared coldly at the butler frozen by the door. "Clear them out. No one's

allowed in my

room."

The butler's worldview had shattered-he obeyed silently, rounding up the females

who'd spiraled beyond his plan and hauling them away. The bedroom went quiet

again.

Kai yanked off his clothes, turned back into beast form, and paced anxiously in front of the camera, flicking his tail and showing off his body from every angle.

He was stronger than the other demon clan, and he groomed his fur daily- yesterday was a rare slip, but he'd fixed it already.

Nyx gazed at the fluffy face shoved into the lens and smiled. "You're still the cutest," she said.

He didn't reply, but his ears perked up high, betraying his feelings.

"I was gonna come find you today, but work came up-I've got to help someone out," Nyx said, pulling the camera back to show him the recording set around her.

'Work? She is working already?' he thought. Kai scratched his claws, not wanting to give in so easily, but he couldn't help worrying. "Will your body be okay?" he asked. He knew exactly how strong he was and how many times he'd pushed

her.

Nyx paused, then shook her head honestly. "I wasn't great yesterday, but I'm much better today."

Seafarion had taken good care of her. Kai clearly thought of that too-his head drooped in frustration.

"I've got to work now," Nyx said, noticing the head producer approaching. She

coughed lightly and winked at the leopard. "It's about a week-over soon. Be good and wait for me to come get you, okay?"

After the call ended, the leopard flopped to the floor, rolled around a few times,

and tucked his ears shyly

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for me? How could she say that he thought.

Nyx pocketed her phone and stepped out from the corner into the crowd. The

head producer lit up when he saw her, clapping his hands together and thanking her nonstop. "Thanks so much for stepping in!"

This cross-genre music show was a big investment for the network-hyped up for ages. But the day before shooting, the lead actress from Breaking Chains learned it was semi-live with minimal editing or autotune, paid a penalty, and bailed.

In just one day, the producer sprouted two stress blisters on his mouth. He had

some ties with Marilyn and begged her for help as a last resort.

Luckily, Nyx agreed to fill in. Her status wasn't huge, but her rising popularity could meet audience expectations just fine.

"I don't have experience with this," Nyx said sheepishly upfront.

"No worries, no worries." The producer rushed to reassure her, terrified she'd back

out. "The others aren't music pros either."

Besides Nyx as an actress, the lineup included hosts, comedians. Truthfully, Nyx

wasn't worried about technical skills-she just feared messing up her first variety show gig.

After some comforting words from the producer, she relaxed. As for screen time,

popularity, or rankings, she didn't care- she planned to get eliminated after a week and leave, since Kai was waiting.

After video chatting with her mate, Nyx's mood brightened-she even playfully strummed an instrument that looked like a harp as she passed by.

As she started to pull her hand back, someone grabbed her sleeve. She turned

slowly and met the head producer's gleaming

eyes.

A week of recording wrapped up-the preview aired smoothly, and the final night

was the first episode's live performance.

The demon clan chat group buzzed early-fans grabbed their seats to wait for Nyx's debut.

Little Fox: [Everyone, support my boss! It's her first variety show!]

The demon clan fans were more hyped than Helly, clipping every frame of Nyx

from the preview and spamming the group with praise.

After some revelry, someone timidly piped up: [Is this okay? Lord Kai's still in the

group.]

That comment chilled the vibe. The demons suddenly remembered their leader

had been tight with Nyx-super close-but since they'd fiercely opposed him dating

a human, Kai had hit a rough patch lately and even left Broskel.

Helly scratched her head in a panic. It was too late to retract the messages, but

thankfully Kai hadn't shown up-probably not watching the chat.

She sneakily created a new group chat: [Join the small group, guys! No Nyx stuff

in the big group-let's support her there!]

Helly: [Hurry-two minutes, then I'm deleting this so Lord Kai doesn't see!]

With that urgent nudge, demons flooded the new group-the numbers shot up

visibly, and in two minutes, it was nearly as big as the original.

Helly was rendered speechless. She double-checked-Kai's account wasn't in the

new chat-so she deleted the invite code with relief.

The big group quieted down, while the small one erupted anew.

Freshly relocated, everyone was extra pumped-Helly officially named it [Nyx

Demon Clan Fan Club] and changed her

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nickname to [Nyx's Little Assistant).

The two updates sparked inspiration-soon, everyone tweaked their nicknames

too.

Kai frowned hard, watching INyx's Husband), (Nyx's Wife), (Nyx's Puppy). [Nyx

Favorite) and more pop up everywhere. he finally snapped.