Beauty in the beast world-Chapter 291: Enjoying

For an entire minute, Lucas just looked at his mate without blinking. It was not like he belittled his mate, but he had to admit that she was not that sharp regarding many things. She still didn’t have any idea why only immortal beastmen could approach her till now. It was because as her mates, they didn’t let any weaker male near their mate. Then she saw the snakelings as nothing but innocent babies but the latter were feared as well as respected by everyone in the snake tribe. Beastmen revered strength and the little snakes had that. These were only some of the instances he could remember as of now. In conclusion, his mate was ignorant of most of the things happening around her or she was just good at brushing it away and acting like nothing.

Nonetheless, Lucas couldn’t help but admit that his mate was never ignorant of matters regarding them. She was way too observant of each one of their moods and fluctuations in emotions. She could see right through them if they were lying but only confronted them when they seemed too upset.

"Lucas?" called his mate gaining his attention, "What happened?"

He sighed, "Lexi talked about something that made me upset"

Lyra nodded, "Would you like to talk about it?" She didn’t want to force him to explain anything and hoped that he would open up by himself because she could clearly see that he was disturbed. She didn’t like seeing her ever-cheerful Lucas, so sad.

Lucas held his mate’s hand and smiled when he felt her grip tighten. He took a deep breath before parting his lips, "Lexi was talking about Elena and how the latter still loves me. And when I was about to leave having enough of her nonsense, she suddenly talked about removing my spousal mark from your body. I...couldn’t hold back and yelled at her"

Lyra frowned in displeasure. That fox princess was a piece of work. How could she talk about spousal mark removal in front of a mated male? And that too for the friend that never loved the said male? Yes, Lyra could see that Elena’s so-called love for Lucas was nothing but an obsession. The latter just wanted to own him and didn’t really care for him. If she did love him, then she wouldn’t bother him like this. Loving someone can be easy for some but for most, it is very difficult. But even through that difficulty, wishing only the best for our loved ones is what we should do. It is alright if our loved ones don’t reciprocate our feelings because seeing them happy is what should matter. Be it with them or with someone else.

"She is a bitch" Words left her mouth before she could think and that made her eyes widen. Her mate, likewise looked at her with his eyes filled with shock and mirth.

"Wow..." Lucas muttered while chuckling, "Such colorful words...."

Lyra’s face turned red in shame. She glared at her laughing mate as she hit his shoulder, "Enough, everyone is looking at us" She rarely cursed even back on the earth but after coming here and having babies, she altogether stopped speaking words that she didn’t want her little ones to learn. This just shows how much Lexi had irritated her.

Lucas couldn’t stop himself and laughed boisterously while his mate fidgeted in her place. After some time, he forgot about his bad mood but his mate seemed in one right now. She had her lips pursed and scowled at him when he tried to hug her.

"Okay, okay I’m not going to laugh anymore," he said trying to cajole his mate.

Lyra briefly glanced at him before turning away. A small smile graced her lips as she heard her mate’s pleading voice. Who was she kidding? Hearing him laugh and relax made her happy but her pettiness stopped her from giving in. That too didn’t last long when she heard her mate say, "Ly..... won’t you look at me?"

She melted at his words. He sounded so soft and warm which urged her to look at him. Her heart constricted when she caught him looking sad. Without wasting a second, she stretched her hands out before cupping his cheeks, "Don’t be sad, sweetheart"

Lucas’ face brightened. He held his mate’s hand that was on his cheeks before whispering, "How Can I stay sad when I have you, Ly?"

Lyra smiled before hugging him, "My prince...my loveliest prince"

The two love birds were immersed in their own worlds until they heard a voice.

"That’s enough, wolf. Are you planning on hoarding her all to yourself?"

When Lyra pulled away and looked up, she saw familiar silver eyes on a handsome face, "Victor?"

"Come here, sweet girl," he said while holding his hand out, "Music is about to begin....it is dancing time"

Lyra quickly got up from the ground after kissing Lucas, "Is it time already?"

"Yes" replied Victor, "So much of our time went to waste because of that annoying fox princess" he was beyond annoyed by the earlier commotion. He just wanted to enjoy the banquet with his mate but pests from all around seemed to make it as difficult as possible. ’Not anymore’ he decided before pulling his mate towards the main event that was happening near the plaza.

Due to his mate and other snake females’ insistence, the single males had decided not to fight or cause unnecessary brawls. Instead, they arranged something called duels where a referee would monitor the fight and would stop it altogether if it went out of control.

Then there was a wine drinking competition. Males normally didn’t drink more than necessary to always remain sober and vigilant to any kind of unexpected danger but now they were making an exception to it. The one male who could withstand more wine would get a chance to court the female he fancied and the ones that lost were given sobering tonic that was concocted with a witch master’s recipe. The latter usually didn’t meddle with those kinds of affairs but when Lyra their queen asked, they couldn’t say no.

After Victor and Lyra reached the plaza, they could hear upbeat music and saw many couples dancing around the bonfires.

Victor grinned as he turned to look at his mate. He gave her a cheeky little smirk before saying, "Shall we, my lady?"

Lyra’s lips kept on twitching up but she chose to keep a serene face while answering, "With pleasure, my lord"

The couple strode towards the stage while holding each other’s hands. The music was very lively and energetic which made them match it with their steps. They joined others around the bonfire and spun in circles before going one step forward to two steps backward.

Lyra and Victor’s laughter filled all around. Meanwhile, her other mates were too shy to join them and decided to stay far from the dance floor. They had soft smiles on their faces as they reveled in seeing their mate so happy and content.

Xavier was the same. He too stood far away as he looked at Lyra’s smiling face. But instead of feeling happy, he felt bothered.