Beauty in the beast world-Chapter 249: A pretty worm

"Fox King? What are you doing here?’’ Lyra asked while getting up from the ground. But it seemed like her words failed to reach Xavier’s ears. Instead of answering her, he stepped towards her before holding her chin up to meet his eyes.

"Who did this?’’ Xavier felt like he would explode at any moment. The glaring red mark on her cheek looked painful even for him who was just staring at it. She was a female and with this injury, it was normal for her to cry.

So he concluded this as the reason for her crying. His thumb gently caressed her bruised cheek making her flinch, "Is it hurting a lot?’’ he asked while gazing at her eyes.

Lyra just stared back at him not really understanding her current situation. The fox king was looking at her as though...she was something so precious. His grip on her chin too was very light and gentle. But this was weird. Why was he doing this to her? And this thought was enough for to start to move away from him. She tried to remove her face from his hold but gasped when she felt his arm encircle her waist. Unlike on her face, his grip on her waist was tight and firm.

"Stop wriggling like a worm," Xavier said making her eyes widen.

"Worm?’’

"A Pretty worm" he repeated making her frown. A warm light started to fall on her injured cheek as he added, "Don’t move, I’m trying to heal you"

That made Lyra halt. She looked at him while blinking her eyes, "Are you really going to heal me?’’

"Yes, I will, so close your chatty little mouth. I can’t concentrate if you keep on talking" harsh words came out of his mouth. The injury on her cheek was bugging him like anything. He wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible. He was sure that it must have been hurting for her to talk.

But his worry didn’t reach Lyra. She glared at him as he closed his eyes while healing her. Sure he was handsome, but that foul mouth of his irked her. What a waste having that handsomeness combined with nothing but a nasty personality.

After the healing, Xavier opened his eyes and smiled smugly seeing her unscathed face. But that smile dropped soon because he remembered something more important and that was, "Who did this to you?"

"And why should I tell you that?’’ Lyra huffed before removing herself from his grip. Her waist was aching slightly due to his prior tight grip on it. That made her glare at him, "Why did you hold me so tightly?’’ she complained while rubbing the side of her waist.

"Why? What’s wrong?’’ Xavier asked while anxiously roaming his eyes on her to which she murmured, "It hurts here.....’’

As soon as he heard those words from her, he stepped toward her and stretched his arm forward, "Let me heal that...."

’Snap’ his words stopped right there when he felt a sharp hit on the back of his right hand and heard her yell, "What do you think you are doing!?’’ Lyra’s face reddened due to shame. She couldn’t comprehend how casual he was being with her when they were just strangers.

However, Xavier on the other side was confused by her sudden shift in behavior, "Why are you suddenly acting like this? It’s not like we have never touched each other before’’ he looked genuinely confused as he asked this. It was as though she was the one wrong here.

Lyra frowned at those words, "Enough with your nonsense, when did I ever touch you?’’ what was this madman even talking about? She entertained the thought of just leaving this place. This man was not normal.

Meanwhile, Xavier looked calm before nonchalantly replying, "Back in the forest, You rode me’’

"Huh?’’ Lyra felt like her mind broke. How could it work when she heard something that was so atrocious, "Are you out of your mind!?’’

"Are you crazy!?’’

The second voice made Lyra jolt in her place. She looked to her side to only find familiar purple eyes but this time, those eyes were on Xavier instead of her. Kaizer stepped toward Xavier while asking, "Do you even know the meaning of the words you said? Or is it your habit to spout nonsense all the time?’’ he was hardly holding back from stepping out of the illusion but those last words from Xavier, forced him to break his cover. And soon he regretted getting caught because, as soon as Lyra saw him she started to shout and call out her mates.

"Blake! Noah! Umph" Her shouting came to a stop when she felt a hand against her mouth. Kaizer nervously gazed at her while pleading, "Please don’t call them, bunny" he had still not seen her enough and not talked to her to start with due to that fox king. If her mates come here now, he wouldn’t be able to see her longer. Only he knew how he had suffered the past couple of days without having met her. To at least have a glimpse of her, he had come here near the rose castle to only find it empty. freewebnøvel.com

He freaked out while trying to find her and only relaxed when he heard the news of her staying in the snake tribe. After that, he once again came to the Rose Castle but this time entered inside and was staying in the room which held most of her scent. But today, this fox king had come and ruined everything.

Lyra tried to remove the hand covering her mouth to no avail. She contemplated biting his hand but removed that thought from her mind because that would not harm him in any way. Then as a last resort, she sent a pleading glance at Xavier which instantly worked.

"Get your hand off of her," Xavier said while harshly removing Kaizer’s hand from her face.

Lyra huffed in her place before looking at them with confusion, "What were you two doing inside my house?" and that too inside my room? She didn’t ask the last question because it was awkward to do so and right at that moment, she heard a knock on the door.

"Lilly?" Blake knocked on the door while calling her worriedly, "I heard you shout just now. Are you alright?"

"Please open the door, baby dove" Noah too was behind Blake and called his mate asking her to open the room’s door.

Lyra briefly looked at the door before shifting her attention to the duo inside, "Were you two here to steal something?" she couldn’t help but ask. There was no other explanation for them being here than this.

Xavier scoffed at that, "What is there to even steal here?" then he smirked, "Well, you are here. Want me to steal you?"