Exiled Villainess: They Threw Me Out, Now Every Beastman Wants Me novel Chapter 81

Chapter 81: C*ckblocked By Fate

Kiri was going to lose her mind.

She had been talking to one of the younger and more impressionable males for exactly four minutes. Four minutes of carefully timed laughter, subtle tail brushes, and strategically angled posture designed to show off the curve of her neck in the afternoon light.

The young male had been responding perfectly. His ears were perked, his attention focused, and he was leaning closer with every passing second.

Kiri had been so close.

"You are so strong, Lyel. I noticed how easily you carried those branches yesterday. The other males had to use both arms, but you—"

"Lyel!"

Both of them turned to see Tera walking toward them with a bright, oblivious smile that Kiri wanted to claw off her face.

"I am so sorry to interrupt! But could you help me carry something? The storage shelter needs rearranging, and the beasts there cannot do it by themselves."

Lyel straightened immediately. "Of course!"

He was gone before Kiri could blink, jogging after the shiftless female with the eager loyalty of a cub who had been offered a treat.

Kiri stood alone, her tail rigid, her smile frozen on her face like a crack in ice.

This was the eighth time.

The EIGHTH time someone had interrupted her attempts to get close to a male.

The first three times, she had chalked it up to bad luck. The fourth time, she had been suspicious. By the sixth time, she had been furious.

And now she was starting to wonder if the universe had a personal vendetta against her reproductive system.

What made it worse was that it wasn’t just Tera. Other clan members had been showing up at the most inconvenient moments, too. One of the older females had wandered over during Kiri’s evening conversation with another male and started talking about root vegetables so passionately that the male had lost all interest in anything else.

Even Ermin had been disrupting her at night. Twice now, she had been about to slip away from the shared shelter to find a willing male, only to find the panther already awake, watching her or intercepting the male.

Was she going insane, or were they all doing this on purpose?

Kiri looked at Tera’s retreating form as the shiftless female walked with Lyel, chatting happily.

Why was this happening?!

Pulling aside a male to mate with should not be this difficult. If they weren’t so busy with building up those shelters, this would have been easier.

It was all that shiftless one’s fault!

But Kiri was short on time.

Her belly was a problem. Or rather, the lack of one.

Nearly all the pregnant females were showing now. Gentle swells beneath their hides, visible curves that drew proud smiles from their mates and excited chatter from the cubs. The other females compared bellies, discussed cravings, and shared stories about which positions helped them sleep better at night.

Kiri had been padding hers.

She never covered her stomach, but now she did to give the impression of a small, early bump. Two other females in the clan also covered their stomachs, so hers didn’t draw any unnecessary attention.

But hiding her belly from the other females while washing was difficult, and the unnecessary questions nagged at her.

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