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Even if Cotton Candy wouldn’t turn into a giant white tiger, Nyx still wanted to keep him. “They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Presumably, the same goes for kittens,‘ she thought.
She scratched Cotton Candy’s chin, took the cat meal from Zayne, and beckoned Cotton Candy to eat. Yet as he approached the small plate with the meat paste, he sniffed and then turned his face away with a haughty air.
Nyx was puzzled. She used to make the same cat meal for Dollar–her boss’s cat–and Dollar loved it. In fact, not a single cat had turned her cat meal down.
She stroked his fluffy belly, which wasn’t exactly bulging; he should be hungry already. ‘He doesn’t like it?” she pondered with a frown and then picked up the little spoon, for one last attempt. If he still reacted the same, she’d think of something else.
With such a thought, she scooped up a spoonful of meat paste and placed it against Cotton Candy’s mouth, looking at him expectantly. He blinked and stuck his tongue out, licking her hand twice quickly.
She chuckled and didn’t dodge; some kittens loved licking people. Once, she met a cat who wanted to lick her hair, and it was just as cute as Cotton Candy. As she recalled those cute kittens she had encountered, her gaze softened with nostalgia.
Tilting his head, Cotton Candy sniffed the meat paste on the spoon again. It wasn’t the food he hated; it was the person who made it that made him hostile.
In ancient times, large carnivorous Male Beastmen even fenced their own territory, just like real beasts. The Beastmen nowadays had suppressed their wild nature and no longer needed territory, but the dominant Male Beastmen were still at loggerheads with each other.
If it was Nyx who had made the cat meal, the Crown Prince would have gobbled it, leaving not a single drop behind. But it was Zayne who made it, which was why he hated it.
But since Nyx fed him, he didn’t want to turn her down. His liking for her overcame his dislike for Zayne.
Seeing Cotton Candy finally start to eat, Nyx was relieved. She patiently fed him with the spoon repeatedly, gently wiping the fur on his face stained by the broth.
Standing behind her, Zayne was displeased–Nyx hadn’t had breakfast yet, and she was here feeding the cat? He couldn’t help but say as he approached her, “Why don’t you go and have breakfast? I’ll feed it.”
Immediately, Cotton Candy stopped eating and hissed at him fiercely, showing his sharp claws, which startled Nyx. She stroked his hair to soothe him at once while shaking her head, rejecting Zayne’s offer.
Zayne, slightly stunned, said nothing. His eyes darkened as he stood in situ for a moment, and then he quietly changed into the beast form.
Nyx had finished feeding Cotton Candy the last spoonful of meat paste and was wiping his mouth when she felt a slight tug on her sleeve at her elbow from behind.
Turning around, she saw the Snow Wolf, and her eyes lit up. She then thought that Cotton Candy might be scared, so she turned back anxiously, only to see the clingy kitten becoming tough.
In the face of such a giant Snow Wolf, he was fearless, his eyes cold and fierce. He walked forward and confronted the Snow Wolf while hiding her behind him.
The Snow Wolf was calm and composed and obviously didn’t take the little kitten seriously. But when he looked at Nyx, he
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deliberately purred softly; he seemed to be a little aggrieved.
She felt bad for him right away. Stroking his head, she whispered, comforting him, “Don’t be upset with Cotton Candy; he’s just a kitten.”
As Cotton Candy looked at Nyx’s hand on the Snow Wolf’s head his eyes were filled with shock. He meowed a few times while his ears dropped and became folded ears. Immediately, he jumped up for her hand, not allowing her to pet the wolf.
Cats were the jealous type. Many cat owners, as long as they had petted other cats outside, would be hissed at and even attacked by their cats when they came home.
Yet, of course, the Crown Prince wouldn’t be harsh on Nyx, the Young Female he adored. He could only tremble with anger, his tail puffing up.
Her hand was still on the annoying wolf’s head. Suddenly, his eyelashes trembled; tears filled his blue eyes and then streamed down his cheeks–out–of–control Beastmen were irrational and often acted based on instinct.
The Crown Prince was always composed and calm; no one could tell what he was thinking. When he was out of control, he was supposed to be an intimidating White Tiger instead of… this.
Born into the royal family, the Crown Prince learned to disguise himself at an early age and put on the perfect mask. His true mood was a secret that not even the royal family, including his parents, could see.
Yet, today, he went out of control and turned into his beast form in front of Nyx; the perfect Crown Prince revealed his true nature for the very first time.
Nyx was so shocked that she couldn’t utter a word; though she used to love crying cat emojis, this was the first time she had seen a crying kitten in real life.
She heard that, unlike human beings, cats only had physical tears and wouldn’t cry to express sadness. However, Cotton Candy was obviously very sad, which broke her heart. She murmured softly, “What’s wrong, Candy? Don’t cry… Are you scared of wolves?”
Though she adored the Snow Wolf, coaxing Cotton Candy was the priority now. After all, Cotton Candy couldn’t speak, and when he was sad, crying was the only thing he could do. She turned to Zayne, urging, “Turn back.”
The moment Zayne returned to his human form, Cotton Candy scratched him quickly and then ran away like a shadow, disappearing in a second.
It all happened so fast that Nyx didn’t even realize what had happened. She gawked at Zayne and then gasped as her eyes fell on the blood stains on the back of his hand. It must have hurt a lot; guilty, she muttered, “I’m sorry.”
Yet, Zayne said, as calm and composed as ever, “It’s fine. Don’t worry about it.” After all, the superficial wounds were nothing to him; besides, it was the kitten that scratched him, not Nyx.
Thinking of something, he lowered his head. “I should apologize to you; I scared away your kitten. You can punish me.” He was glad the kitten was away but knew Nyx definitely didn’t feel the same; he hoped she’d forgive him after punishing him.
Nyx shook her head as she didn’t blame him at all and then pulled him to deal with the wounds. She sighed, “Perhaps you shouldn’t turn into your beast form when Cotton Candy is around.”
She pondered, ‘Candy has always been so sweet; I’m sure the Snow Wolf scared him, and that’s why he attacked the Snow Wolf. Makes sense, given the wolf’s size. No one wants to see this
Despite her worries about Cotton Candy, she wasn’t as upset as she had been the night before. Her gut told her he’d come to
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her again. And before long, she was proved right.
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At dusk, a fluffy figure appeared outside her bedroom window. She had just had dinner; she unhurriedly did some exercises, took a walk, went back to the bedroom, spent some time on the Intelligent Brain, and went to the bathroom, not noticing him at all.
Cotton Candy got a little anxious and tried to get her attention by tapping the window with his paws and making a noise. Too bad that the windows were perfectly soundproofed.
By the time Nyx walked out of the bathroom, it had been put into sleep mode; the light was dimming, and the windows began to change color to block out the light.
Cotton Candy saw her lying on the bed, seemingly going to sleep; the next second, his view was blocked by the darkened windows. Utterly anxious, he meowed loudly non–stop, thinking ‘Let me in! I wanna sleep with her!‘
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