Beauty in the beast world
Chapter 165: Injured

Chapter 165: Injured

Kaizer dipped his snout into the crook of her neck and inhaled her fragrance. She always smelled like roses and it somehow managed to get calm his erratic nerves.

Meanwhile, Lyra broke from her daze as soon as she sensed his warm breath on her neck and started to struggle beneath him. Her protest came to halt when she received a hard gaze from the black wolf. She hastily cast a worried look at her cubs and sighed when she noticed the two standing silently in the corner.

"Go inside..." She mouthed to them and was relieved when they promptly entered the castle doors.

Kaizer looked at the fragile bunny in his clutch with amused eyes. She was naive enough to think that he wouldn’t notice her telling the cubs to leave. He was keeping an eye on every single gesture and glance she made from the moment he came here. The cubs were not his concern right now but he also did not want her other annoying mates coming out. So his shadow creature creeped out of him and blocked the cubs before bringing them back to their place.

"What are you doing!?" Lyra was given a scare when she glimpsed at her babies covered in ominous dark smoke. Her motherly instincts came to life and she pushed Kaizer off of her using her powers.

Kaizer was caught off guard and was sent scrambling to a fair distance.

Lyra quickly got up from the ground and rushed toward her babies before snatching them away from the dark smoke. She winced in pain when she noticed a gash on her shoulder. The black wolf’s paws were holding her in place and when she forcefully pushed him, his claws accidentally scraped her.

Kaizer froze in his place when he saw blood trickling down her shoulder. The red color was a glaring contrast to her fair skin and that made him even more vexed at himself. He scolded himself for being so reckless. His bunny was a fragile being and his momentary distraction caused her an injury.

He took a step forward to examine her injury but Lyra took a step back from her place. She continuously looked at the door and wished for someone to come. Blake, Lucas, and Noah were out to attend to their tribe matters. Victor and Kyrell were out hunting and that left only Killian inside the castle. But he was right now practicing his powers with Kenna and she wasn’t sure if he could hear the commotion.

So right now, she was all alone with her cubs in front of a giant Black wolf that had some magic powers.

"Wh-what do you want?" Lyra stuttered out as she continued to step back towards the door.

Kaizer frowned at her vigilance but the thing that worried him most was her bleeding injury. He knew that she couldn’t use her healing powers on herself and decided to leave for now.

He slowly moved back before sprinting out of the garden. He didn’t teleport because he didn’t want to scare her. Kaizer sensed that she was already plenty scared seeing his dark power and regretted ever using it in front of her.

Lyra stood stunned in her place seeing the giant wolf leaving. Without wasting any more time, she went inside the castle and climbed the stairs reaching Killian’s room.

Killian heard a heavy knock on his door and wrinkled his nose smelling the stench of blood. He felt his heart stop for a second when he sensed that it was his mate behind the door.

His legs moved before he could think and he was greeted by the sight of his mate’s bleeding shoulder and her anxious face as soon as he opened the door.

"What happened Treasure?" He asked still in shock and went near her. Then he noticed the lion cubs in her arms and carefully took them from her before releasing them to the ground.

The little cubs who were still ignorant about things quickly forgot about the black wolf and continued to play.

Lyra leaned her head against Killian’s broad shoulder and sighed, "That Black wolf was here"

Killian embraced her back and started to heal her injury.

"Ah!" Lyra hissed in pain and Killian got anxious and slowed the healing process while continuing to hold her in his arms, "Sorry Love"

Healing didn’t mean that pain would automatically disappear. In fact, healing was arduous for both parties involved. One required immense innate power and concentration to heal and the one being healed felt great pain during the process.

Killian gnashed his teeth gazing at his mate’s shoulder. She looked worn out and that made him even more aggravated. Then he remembered her previous words and that thought turned his eyes into slits.

"Black wolf?" He asked to make sure and received a feeble nod from her.

Lyra’s body slumped against him and Killian quickly caught her before lifting her and entering his room.

He laid her on the bed and gently caressed her face. Her eyes were droopy and he noticed that she was trying to not sleep.

"Get some sleep" he cooed, "The healing process is draining for your body"

She just recovered from her last pregnancy and now this happened.

"I shouldn’t have left you alone...." Killian blamed himself for being neglectful.

Lyra sensed his distress and stretched her palm on his cheek. She chuckled when he leaned his head against her palm like a puppy.

"It’s not your fault," she said, "It was my mistake going out of the castle all alone. I should have known better"

Killian fully understood her vague words and that made him annoyed, "This is our house. There is no need for you to think like that. You can go wherever you want and if an outsider poses threat to you then it is my duty as your mate to finish them off"

Lyra sighed, "That beastman seemed powerful"

"I know," Killian said. He already sensed a powerful aura surrounding her when she came to him and surprisingly it was familiar. That damned rootless beastman was going to pay for hurting her.

But the one thing that Killian didn’t understand was the reason for that freak to approach his mate. This was already a second time and it couldn’t be neglected any longer. For now, he decided to stay beside his mate because there was no one else other than them in the castle. Well, the cubs were counted out because they were still little and were incapable of protecting their mother.

Lyra observed Killian’s fuming eyes and pulled him towards her. His countenance drastically changed once he entered his mate’s warm embrace. Her soft body felt so fragile that he was afraid of hurting her if he exerted more force while holding her. Killian once again felt angry at that damned black wolf.

She was his treasure! The only precious being that made him feel alive. Seeing her so weary, he felt furious.

"I’m sorry...." He mumbled as he buried his face in the crook of her neck.

Lyra was too tired to reply and soon fell asleep as Killian hugged her tightly.

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