Beauty in the beast world
Chapter 234: Cold season

Chapter 234: Cold season

[SNAKE TRIBE]

After having a tour of the snake castle, Lyra had lunch with her mates and babies before she left to meet the females of the snake tribe.

She had wanted to do this for the longest time but due to her pregnancies and other inevitable circumstances, it was always pushed ahead.

It was nap time for the Cubs, so her snake babies decided to stay behind with their little brothers. Demir likewise was reluctant to leave them alone and remained in the snake castle. Lyra couldn’t help but giggle when she remembered Peter getting offended by Demir. The former was upset when Demir didn’t trust the snake tribe’s security.

As she continued walking, she saw a few stone houses and caves. She also noted the latter being more than the former. It was understandable. Blake had once informed her of snakes preferring dark and damp places and it seemed the same even for the females of this tribe. She observed the snake females standing outside their abodes. But she didn’t understand why they were out.

"They are waiting for you, my queen," Peter said gaining her attention.

"For me?" Lyra asked in puzzlement.

"You are our queen. They always longed for your visit" In fact, he had constantly told this to the king but the latter just brushed it off saying ’I don’t like troubling my mate with these menial things’ The king was adamant about not burdening his mate but it seemed like fate had other plans. The queen was now here however their king was nowhere to be found. It was not like Peter worried about his king. Their king was more than capable of taking care of himself. But he wished for his king to come back as soon as possible. Their tribesmen would be overjoyed seeing the king and queen together.

Lyra returned her gaze to the snake females. Cold and calm eyes with exquisite faces. The snake females looked like white marble statues of old Greek. They looked unapproachable but the glint in their eyes urged Lyra into smiling at them.

And as though a flip of a switch, she received beautiful and warm smiles in return. The scene was so beautiful that Lyra couldn’t help but swoon.

’cough cough’ Only her mate clearing his throat brought her back to reality. Lyra turned to look at Victor as he said, "You are making me jealous, sweet girl"

Lyra chuckled as she looked at him in disbelief, "Don’t tell me you are envious of even females now?" but her smile dropped the next instant because Victor looked serious about his comment. He was gazing at her with those stubborn eyes of his as though she had done something bad. It was not her fault! Those females looked so beautiful that she couldn’t help but stare.

She wanted to roll her eyes at her overdramatic mate. He was so.....cute. He looked so adorable pouting staring at her with accusing eyes. Sigh....she once again felt ashamed of her inner lewd thoughts. It was always like this. She was always horny for all of her mates.

She shook her head trying to stop her train of thought before tiptoeing to kiss Victor’s cheek. Lyra saw as her mate’s sharp eyes widened seemingly in surprise and that made her smile, "My sweet boy" she whispered into his ears, and before he could react, she strode away from him quickly reaching the snake females’ group.

Victor who was left behind by his mate touched his cheek where his mate had kissed and smiled as he saw his sweet girl going near the snake females.

"Hello?" She hesitantly greeted the females to only receive a proper greeting in return befitting that of a queen.

"Your majesty....." all of the females gracefully bowed as they greeted her. They looked at her with respect-filled eyes which made her burdened. This level of reverence....she was not sure if she deserved this. But she quickly pushed that negative thought away. She would of course receive such regard because of her position. Blake is the snake king and she as his spouse is the queen. Once again she felt proud of her mates however another thought entered her mind. She wanted her mates to be proud of her just as she was of them.

Lyra didn’t know how to do that but she vowed to herself that she would try her best.

"We have been waiting for this day your majesty," said one of the females, "We felt ecstatic when we learned of his majesty finally having a mate. It was truly incredible"

"Yes yes, your majesty" chimed another female, "It was a total surprise. His Majesty getting a mate felt more like a dream to us until we saw you and the young masters"

"That’s true" agreed another one. In fact, almost all of the tribesmen said the same words and had the same expressions on their faces as they talked about Blake. It was as though they couldn’t believe him of having a mate.

Lyra was not able to understand. Blake is the sweetest person she had ever met. Offcourse she would mate with someone like him. So why was this so surprising for them?

However, Victor who was standing right behind his mate could fully understand the snake tribe’s surprise at Blake having a mate. He was also shocked when he had heard of that aloof snake getting a mate. Then he glanced at his mate and smiled knowingly. If it was her, then anyone would fall in love just like himself.

Peter on the other side cleared his throat successfully stopping the females from chatting. Seeing his stern eyes they quickly turned toward Lyra and apologized.

"It’s alright.." Lyra said. But right at that moment, something cold and watery fell on her face making her look up.

’whoosh....whoosh’ One after another small snowflakes started to drip from the sky slowly covering the brown-mudded ground white.

Victor quickly moved toward his mate and tried to cover her but halted when he felt her hand stopping him.

"I want to feel the snow," she said looking into his eyes. It was such a beautiful sight. The blue of the sky had completely vanished as the snow started to fall. She was completely enthralled by nature until she heard something.

"Sigh.....cold season has arrived. We have to suffer now" It was one of the females that said this and Lyra couldn’t help but ask, "What do you mean by that?"

"All of our mates hibernate in the cold season, your majesty" answered the female sadly, "We will not have anyone to keep us safe or to hunt for us"

Lyra frowned. She had never thought of this because Blake never hibernated even in the winter. He had also once informed her of this being possible only because of his prowess as an immortal beastman.