Exiled Villainess: They Threw Me Out, Now Every Beastman Wants Me novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Not Done Yet (bonus)

Tera gently grabbed Ermin’s arm.

He stopped, but his body was still coiled tight.

Tera looked between him and Calis. As much as she would like to drool over males fighting over her, she might have to cover up for this one before things got serious.

The last thing she needed right now was a fight. She was exhausted, her breasts ached from missed feedings, and if this escalated, someone was going to get hurt, and it would inevitably delay her return.

Then again, the more she thought about what had happened, her anger started to slightly return.

Calis could have just spoken to her like a normal person.

"I lost consciousness, and when he found me at the lake," she started carefully, shooting Calis a hard look when she saw he was about to interrupt her.

This silly wolf better not say jack shit when she was trying to save his skin. Even Tera herself would kick up a riot if a beast knocked out her cub and took them somewhere else, whether they were safe or not.

"So when he saw me alone with the wolf cub—"

"That wasn’t entirely the case." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Tera’s mouth clamped shut.

’What are you DOING?!’

Calis had stepped forward, and the look on his face was one she hadn’t seen before.

He didn’t want her to paint him in a kinder light than he deserved, and watching her start to lie for him made him feel terrible.

He had carried her unconscious body through the forest without even bothering to alert the nearby clan at the very least.

Even worse, he had questioned her sanity when she told him about her mates.

And now she was trying to protect him from the consequences.

He could not stomach it.

"I took her," Calis said, facing Xavi and Ermin directly. "I found her at the lake with my niece, and I... was curious. I did not know there was a clan nearby, and I wasn’t sure how a shiftless female could survive on her own out in the wild, so I brought her to my pack. I knocked her unconscious."

The clearing went deathly still.

Especially Xavi.

Every muscle in his enormous frame locked into place as if his body had turned to stone. His golden eyes, which had been warm with relief moments ago when he held Tera, drained of that warmth so completely they looked like molten metal being poured into a mould.

His nostrils flared once, pulling in Calis’s scent as if committing it to permanent memory.

The silence from Xavi was louder than any roar could have been, and every wolf present felt it press against them.

The two wolves who had brought the Dow clan members to the pack took an involuntary step backward.

Only Calis held his composure.

Ermin was a different kind of terrifying.

His green eyes blazed and his body literally hummed with self restraint. He was itching to immediately attack the wolf leader.

He did not care if he led a pack, how dare this beast strike Tera?

Xavi’s eyes slowly ran over Tera’s body as if looking for a wound and Tera immediately jerked at alert. "Hold on. I am fine and I didn’t feel any pain—"

"How did you knock her unconscious?" Ermin asked in a dangerously calm tone.

That spelt disaster, and Tera’s eyes widened in horror as the silly wolf leader was actually opening his mouth to respond and describe what he had done.

"You idiot! That’s enough!"

Tera stepped between them.

Her hand pressed flat against Ermin’s chest, and she could feel his heart hammering beneath her palm, rapid and furious.

She had watched Calis’s guilt crumble his composure, and her mates’ fury were already building toward something that could not be taken back.

Tera was tired, and she didn’t want any more conflict.

Not when she would especially have to sort out this pack thanks to her ridiculous system.

Bad blood between her clan and this one would make her work more difficult.

More importantly, every second she wasted here was a second she wasn’t holding Nadia and Althea.

Calis seemed remorseful, and that was fine enough for now.

"He has already apologised to me," Tera said firmly, her eyes moving between her mates. "I handled it."

Xavi’s jaw was so tight she could see the muscles jumping beneath his skin. His golden eyes hadn’t left Calis, and the fury still radiated off him and Ermin.

Ermin narrowed his eyes.

"He could have still searched to see if you were truly alone before taking you with him." He glared at Calis. "You took a mother from her mates and children."

Calis shifted behind her. The guilt on his face had deepened into something rawer, and his voice was strained when he spoke. "I did not apologise early enou—"

"I said ENOUGH."

Everyone flinched at how sharp Tera’s voice had gotten.

She faced her mates.

"Let’s just go. I want to return and see my babies," she said softly.

Their coldness melted when they saw how tired Tera was, and they immediately flanked her.

"Then we can leave now," Xavi said, already turning.

"But I also want to come back."

Every pair of eyes snapped to her.

Xavi stopped. Ermin’s head turned slowly.

"What?"

Tera looked at the wolves around her. The poor wolves had eaten cooked meat for the first time last night, and had been dealing with drought until hours ago.

’The fuck?! Say something!’

’What?’

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