Chapter 156: Chapter 156: A Warm Dawn (IV)


    Alice clenched her fists as anger built up within her hearing that.


    ''That bitch will be the end of our kingdom. How could the majestic and powerful Beast King allow a crippled human to rule over the beastmen? That''s a humiliation for the beastmen!'' Alice protested in her heart. ''That witch must''ve been using her dark charm constantly, destroying His Majesty''s brain. Her real intention must be to take over the kingdom! Ugh, I must save my kingdom and His Majesty no matter what!''


    Alice looked around and witnessed how the beastmen soldiers didn''t show any kind of displeasure when the Beast King said that Princess Swan should order them more.


    As if they had long epted that crippled bitch as their queen.


    ''And why are they so submissive? Do they not have free will? Or maybe they are so deep in her dark spell that they have be puppets?'' Alice suspected.


    Again, many crazy scenarios ran through her brain as she imagined Princess Swan in a scary, witchy form,plete with a devil''s tail, horn, and wings.


    ''Yeah, that would fit her better. Her current self looks too angelic. It doesn''t fit her at all!''


    While Alice was busyining and cursing the Princess in her mind, the soldiers already finished preparing everything, and they set off to return to the castle.


    Swan stared at the beautiful view of the snowy forest from the carriage. The woods were quite scary when they arrivedst night, but it was beautiful in the morning.


    Meanwhile, Gale had been staring at his wife, and finally asked, "Swan, what truly happenedst night?"


    "Hm? I thought I made it clear. You turn into a big and hairy werewolf, howl menacingly, and then you mate with mest night. Look, the mark is still here. I think it''s permanent since I can feel your teeth deep inside my skin," Swan replied before showing her nape once more.


    Gale knew all that, and he was certain that he had marked her because that tooth mark was definitely his.


    He was just unsure how Swan could have survived.


    "That''s not what I want to know. I wonder how you coulde out unharmed against that mindless beast. He released such a powerful aura that will kill anyone around him, and he is not me. Because I cannot think at all when I was in my rut," Gale said.


    Swan had no intention of telling Gale about her ''Saintess'' state while she had sex with him. She thought it was better to keep it a secret as he would start suspecting her to be the one who saved Rock back then.


    After all, she also saved Rock in her Saintess state.


    Thus, she replied, "About your aura. I think, even when you were in your beastly state, you still recognized me as your wife because I didn''t feel anything wrong. I could breathe normally, and my heartbeat was normal, too."


    "And about the whole mindless beast thing I don''t know why, but the beast treated me very wellst night. He was obedient. I told him to sit; he would sit. When I told him not to go out of the cave and spend the night with me instead, he also obeyed," Swan added. "I told him to be careful with my skin because his ws are very sharp, and he would identally hurt me. So he became very careful and gentle when holding me."


    Truthfully, Gale was torn between believing Swan''s story or not.


    He truly believed in his love for Swan, and he would NEVER hurt her, no matter what. He kept telling himself over and over before


    coldest night that he would thenel


    himself the moment he identally killed Swan.


    So, it would make sense if the beast still obeyed her even though he had lost his mind because his instinct and inner thought must''ve reminded him that Swan was a precious human-almost like his only treasure.


    At the same time, it was also hard to believe because he spent decades in a rut every year, and he would spare nobody.


    He remembered that one time Jade tried to stop him from rampaging, only for her to get severely wounded because the mindless cursed beast didn''t recognize her.


    ''This is a miracle. The first-and probably the only-person that the beast had spared, even mated with during my rut,'' Gale thought.


    He was 100% convinced that Swan was supposed to be his fated mate, but that useless Moon Goddess told him that his fated mate was somewhere out there and had the identity of an angel.


    ''Well, you have the heart of an angel, and also look angelic enough for me, Swan,'' Gale said in his heart. He had


    long believed that Swan was indeed his fated mate. ''All I need to do is to


    make sure that my wish will Some


    true.''


    Thus, Gale didn''t question her further, allowing Swan to enjoy the view of the snowy forest, while he enjoyed the view of Swan.


    **


    Meanwhile, in the castle, Long Xiurong and Lady Jade wore their winter coats with other servants standing behind them. They were waiting for the carriage to return after the coldest night.


    Lady Jade was wearing her smile proudly, as she was assured that Gale would return heartbroken, probably traumatized after fucking a piece of meat gunk whom he called wife before.


    Long Xiurong noticed this, and sneered, "You seem to be overly excited about His Majesty and Princess Swan''s return, Mdy. Do you have something in mind?"


    Jade wasn''t going to tell Long Xiurong about her true thoughts.


    After getting information from the bunny maid that Long Xiurong had been having tea time with Swan often, she realized that Lady Long was no longer trustworthy.


    Thus, Jade replied, "Of course, I''m excited. I hope that His Majesty and Princess Swan will return safely. I have no reason to hate Swan. Unlike you, Lady Long, I don''t need topete for Gale''s attention."


    "Not that you have any way topete, right?" Long Xiurong retorted with a piercing smile. "After all, you are not one of his wives. You will never get his full attention."