Chosen Mate Of The Beastmen Empire

"No." Jinx's expression was conflicted.

If she could, she wouldn't want to hurt Nyx, but she wanted to stay alive.

"We can't get any useful information, so we won't get the antidote." She tightly gripped Jules' arm. Her voice was soft, but her tone was urgent. "Once the Moonshade Poison takes effect, we'll both die painfully."

Banon controlled his subordinates with ruthless methods. If they had family, he would use them as leverage; for those like them, who had no family, he used poison to control them.

From the moment they were selected and trained, they were fed a poison called Moonshade Poison, and they had to take the antidote every three months. If they didn't, they would burn with an internal flame, their blood would go haywire, and they would slowly die in endless agony.

"We have no choice." Jinx slowly wrapped her arms around Jules. Her voice trembled. "I want to live, and I don't want you to die."

They had both witnessed the horrific deaths of people who had died from the poison.

Banon made sure to gather his subordinates and have them watch the fate of traitors.

For them, the best ending was to commit suicide before the poison took effect. Once it did, life was worse than death.

Jules sat up in silence after a long time. "I understand."

In fact, she was already tired of being manipulated like this and thought that dying might not be so bad.

Since childhood, when she was chosen, she had been treated as a useful tool to be trained. She could only follow orders and lived each day in a daze. Today, it was the first time she felt like someone was actually treating her like a person.

Nyx had shown her kindness and was willing to give her freedom without expecting anything in return.

After experiencing what it was like to be treated as a human being, now she had to step on Nyx and become a slave again to a villain. It was a different kind of life worse than death.

She was tired and wanted to escape this cage, even if it meant paying with her life. But she didn't want to drag Jinx down with her.

The two of them had once sworn to be sisters. Now that they were on the same mission, if she betrayed Banon, Jinx would also be doomed to die.noveldrama

For Jinx's sake, she could only continue enduring and follow Banon's orders.

"But... you saw it too. Nyx and Erik have a good relationship," she sighed in frustration. "Do we really have to seduce him?"

Even if they succeeded, she couldn't imagine doing something so shameless. She thought, 'What would Nyx think of me? Would she regret being so kind to us, these two ingrates?'

Jinx also felt frustrated. "Let's try first," she said, conflicted.

It wasn't that they had to succeed in seducing him, but being a concubine would give them more access to secrets. If seduction didn't work, at least they could gather some other information to complete the mission.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps outside, getting closer.

The two of them had sharp hearing and immediately stopped talking, closing their mouths.

There were three knocks on the door, and Arlong politely asked, "May I come in?"

Jinx went to open the door and found Arlong standing outside, holding two thick blankets. He flashed them a friendly smile. "These are from the lady. The weather's getting colder, and it's chilly at night, so she sent thicker blankets to keep you from catching a cold."

As he spoke, Arlong kindly helped them arrange the blankets on the beds,

Once he was done, he didn't linger but before leaving, he reminded them, "The lady remembers that you're new to the house and unfamiliar with everything, so if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask her.

Jinx and Jules were speechless, standing there in shock.

They thought, Usually, it's the master who gives us troublesome tasks, so when did it become our turn to bother the master? Just being able to share such a large room together already makes us feel fortunate, and now Nyx even remembers that we might be cold and specifically has someone send thick blankets.

'How can someone's kindness be so overwhelming? When Nyx finds out that we are spies, she will surely be heartbroken'

The two little maids felt more and more

them as mere playthings, they didn't feel guilty at all when they harmed them. Those men who treated them badly and their hearts

heavy as if they were two drooping ass

But Nyx, with her innocent and gentle nature, was the first person they had met who made them unsure how to act around

her.

Arlong left the servants' quarters in the flower house, walking briskly through the entire Duke's residence to report back to

his master.

"The bedding has been delivered, and Jinx and Jules have been settled in. They didn't say anything else," he reported to Nyx first, then secretly exchanged a glance with Erik.

Sending bedding to two maidservants wasn't something that required Arlong to go personally.

However, since the two maidservants had been sent by the Voss family, and there might be some connection to Banon, Erik had secretly given Arlong instructions. He was to use the opportunity to deliver bedding and investigate them.

The two maids had a sharp sense of vigilance and didn't give him anything to work with.

But that didn't mean their identities were innocent. The shadow guards had already started investigating.

Until they obtained solid evidence, they couldn't act against them yet. Even with the evidence, Erik was still conflicted about how to handle them.

He lifted his gaze and stole a glance at Nyx. Nyx seemed to care about the two maidservants quite a bit.

He thought, 'If I lock them up for interrogation or even kill them, how will I explain

it to Nyx if she asks? Should I lie or tell

the truth?'

After having the second round of lunch, Nyx was sitting with her head down, peeling an orange as dessert.

She didn't want to stain her fingers with juice, so she carefully placed a handkerchief under her hands and slowly peeled the

orange.

The orange peel tore open, releasing a burst of juice and a fragrant aroma. The sound was very soothing. Her fingers, delicate and pale, made each movement particularly pleasing to the eye.

Erik's gaze lingered on her, and before he knew it, he was completely mesmerized, unable to look away. Even when Arlong cleared his throat a few times to remind him, he didn't snap out of his trance.

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It wasn't until a cold, soft object unexpectedly pressed against his lips, startling

him, that he snapped back to reality.

It was a freshly peeled orange segment, fed to him by Nyx herself.

Erik's face turned bright red with embarrassment.

Although embarrassed, he couldn't bear to refuse the offer, and he obediently opened his mouth, taking the orange segment. But in the process, his lips brushed against Nyx's fingertips, which made the heat rise even more.

"Is it sweet?" Nyx asked.

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She had long gotten used to Pale Wolf's innocent, bashful look and chose not to tease him, not wanting to make him more embarrassed.

Erik couldn't find his voice and just nodded stupidly.

Seeing him like this, Nyx found it hard to reconcile this bashful side of him with the image of the man she had seen at the Voss family, who had been so combative and confrontational.

She couldn't help but stifle a laugh, breaking a segment of the orange and popping it into her mouth.

As soon as she tasted it, her smile froze on her face.

"You said it was sweet?" She took a deep breath, a dangerous smile creeping

onto her face. "Are you lying to me?"

She had never eaten such a sour orange before. Never.

Arlong's eyes widened, then quickly closed again, unable to bear watching.

He thought, 'Oh no. Master. Danger.