Chapter 254: Exhausted
[Snake Tribe]
Killian was feeling restless. He could sense that something was wrong with his mate through his mate bond. The only thing holding him from rushing out to find his mate was because of Victor, Demir, and Lucas. The three of them looked calm as they continued to play with the Lion cubs.
Becoming one’s soulmate equaled feeling all of their partner’s feelings, be it happiness or sadness. And most of the time, he mistakenly ran to her when he felt a fluctuation in her mood. This cost him a lot because, instead of being happy, she got mad at him for coming to her, and the reason for that was her heat which she went through every month. She got emotional during that time and kept on getting sad or mad making all of them confused and in the end, they could do nothing but get used to it. So keeping that incident as a reminder in his mind, he restrained himself from going to her whenever she felt sad or moody.
However, this decision of his soon backfired on him when his mate returned to the snake tribe with a not so welcomed visitor by her side. Dark blue hair which could be mistaken to black if not seen correctly and amethyst-colored eyes that were dripping with haughtiness. A face filled with nonchalance with one of his arms around Lyra’s waist. The rootless beastman proudly stepped inside the snake castle as Blake and Noah followed behind in tow.
Victor who was rolling on the ground playing with the cubs, suddenly raised himself when he sensed an unfamiliar scent entering the castle. Lucas too gathered the cubs in his arms before getting up. Silence engulfed the place until Lyra broke it, "This is Kaizer....’’ It felt odd introducing her supposedly new mate to her other mates but she had to, "He is my new mate’’
Demir was the first to react to his mate’s words, "What did you just say?’’ there was confusion in his voice. He stared at his mate only for her to turn away from meeting his eyes. He was lost and didn’t know what to do. His mate never behaved like this before.
"Huh?’’ Whereas Victor felt like he was hearing wrong, "Sweet girl what are you saying?’’ then his furious gaze landed on Kaizer which was returned back with the same intensity as the former, "What is this rootless beastman doing here in the first place?’’
"Noah, what is this?’’ Lucas too couldn’t help but ask. But to his query, Noah just lowered his head maintaining his silence. The former was flabbergasted by his friend’s behavior, "What the hell is wrong with you!?’’ In the end, he was not able to take it anymore and yelled at Noah but the latter still stayed tight-lipped as he had his fists clenched on his sides. How could he say that he had failed to protect his mate? How could he tell that he lost their mate to a rootless beastman out of all? This was exactly what happened back in the Rose castle. Males vying for a chance with a female they fancied, fought with their previous mates in order to prove their worth. And Kaizer passed that condition whether he liked it or not. Their mate too accepted that rootless beastman as her mate and nobody could change the truth. Yes, she was forced to accept him to keep Blake and himself safe, but that did not mean anything to anyone. The rootless beastman won his chance fair and square and that was the end of the story.
Blake on the other side, had a hard time raising his head and meeting eyes with others. His precious mate was in another’s arms and that too unwillingly. She sacrificed herself for keeping them safe and he felt like that made him as her mate, even more loathsome. He vowed to protect and keep her happy for all her life to only use her as a means to keep himself and his family safe. How arrogant he was in the beginning, thinking of keeping her all to himself? It was simply not possible for a pathetic being like himself.