My Panther Mate & Our Little Cub novel Chapter 286

Transmigrated to Raise Panther Cubs

Chapter 286 A Family of Three

Gareth sighed and said to Zachary, “Don’t be fooled by him. He wasn’t like this just now. He even said he was going to skin me and stew me into soup. This therian is pretty sly. He’s really good at putting on an act

However, under the heavy filter in his mind, Zachary couldn’t stand hearing a single bad word about Matthew, especially when it came from a stranger therian.

He immediately shot back, “You’re the shady one. Don’t try to come between me and my mate.”

Matthew pressed his lips together and barely held back a smile. He lifted the straw of the fruit tea to Zachary’s mouth. “Don’t be mad. Let’s head back.”

Zachary nodded and took his hand. “Yeah.”

Matthew walked with a winner’s kind of arrogance, fingers locked with his mate’s. As he turned, he gave Gareth a sideways look. His golden eyes were full of contempt.

It felt like he was silently declaring that he was the one Zachary loved most, the therian who mattered most in Zachary’s heart, and that anyone who thought they could steal him should know their place.

Gareth stood there completely stunned. Even after Zachary and Matthew had turned and walked far away, he was still standing there, totally lost in the wind.

Not far away, Hubert, who had watched the whole thing, suddenly burst out laughing. He said to Horace, “What’s with that therian? He’s hilarious.”

Horace glanced at Hubert like he was looking at an idiot. “You’re pretty interesting too. He only got rejected once, and you got rejected three times. See? You’re still ahead.”

“Twice, mind you,” Hubert corrected very seriously. “The second time doesn’t count. And Zachary has never been that harsh with me. He always sounds really gentle when he talks to me.”

“Not getting hit doesn’t make the words sound any softer,” Horace added, barely holding back his frustration. Then he added, “Even if a grunt beast barked at him twice, that sub–therian would still talk the same way.”

Hubert ignored the sarcasm completely and kept going. “I still think I have a place in Zachary’s heart. It’s definitely way more than that snake therian.”

After saying that, he looked pretty pleased with himself.

Horace was already used to his strange logic. He tucked the bone knife into his pocket. “Let’s go. The smoked meat’s ready. I’ll swap you a smoke grunt–beast head and knock some sense into you.”

When he got no response, he turned around and saw Hubert walking straight up to Gareth.

Hubert even patted his shoulder casually. He said with fake sincerity, “Don’t be too upset. I can tell he doesn’t like you. You should let it go.”

He didn’t mind his own failure as much as he couldn’t stand seeing anyone else succeed. “If someone doesn’t like you, they just don’t like you. You two are never going to work out”

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Chapter 286 A Family of Three

Hubert was basically a well–meaning citizen. He just had a really punchable way of saying things.

Gareth shot a resentful look over his shoulder. Why is there another one trying to pick a fight now?

Horace quietly distanced himself from the idiot he thought was Hubert, turned around, and started walking faster.

“Hey! Horace, wait up!” Hubert hurried after him with long strides.

Horace said nothing and only picked up his pace.

The red sun was halfway down the sky, and the evening glow spilled across the horizon. Twilight light spread over the ground.

Not far away was their cave.

Matthew suddenly stopped, came up behind Zachary, and wrapped his arms around him, burying his face in Zachary’s shoulder.

Zachary reached up and ruffled his hair. “What’s wrong?”

Matthew said, “I’m kind of tired.”

Zachary smiled. “I’ll carry you back.”

“You can’t even carry me.”

“How would you know if we don’t try?”

Just like that, Matthew climbed onto Zachary’s back. His feet were still lightly touching the ground as Zachary slowly “carried” him forward. Halfway through, they stepped on each other’s feet and almost stumbled.

After they got into the cave, Matthew still refused to get down. He nuzzled Zachary’s neck. “I’m a little sleepy. I want to lie down for a bit.”

Zachary was completely indulgent with him. But the moment they got close to the bed, Matthew pulled him down and pinned him underneath, kissing him for a long while.

Then, they suddenly heard a “moo” outside the cave. Zachary quickly pushed Matthew away. “Jaden’s back!” Matthew sat up reluctantly, still not satisfied, and straightened Zachary’s clothes.

The little moo beast was now in a semi–free range setup.

The moment it saw Jaden, it happily ran out of the cave to greet him. It leaned against the fence, tail wagging and ears flapping,

Jaden patted the moo beast’s head and pulled a fruit from his pocket to feed it. “Slow down.”

Matthew changed his clothes and rolled up his sleeves, getting ready to clean the beasts‘ quarters. Jaden joined him as well, since in their eyes, their sweet Zachary should not be doing any dirty work.

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Because they cleaned often, the work went quickly. After feeding the beasts with twistgrass until they were full, they took soap and shampoo and headed down to the river to wash up.

Jaden always worried about shampoo getting into his eyes, so Matthew lifted him onto a shallow stone and scooped out a bit of shampoo “Head down. Eyes closed.”

Then, he skillfully started washing Jaden’s hair.

When Jaden was little, Matthew used to wash his hair for him.

He would just hold the cub upside down like a dunked baseball cap, dipping him into the water over and over until the soap was gone, with the water level just reaching his forehead.

That way, the water would not run down his face.

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