Reborn As A Beast Queen with Too Many Husbands to Pet novel Chapter 146

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They had come to see her because she was now famous in the tribe and even Riven wanted to bond with her.

Annelise said calmly, “I don’t like white fur. I like red fur.”

Catherine choked on the words, caught off guard.

She quickly recovered. “You only say that because you don’t have any mate with white fur. In our tribe, foxes and wolves are all white. White fur is normal.”

Annelise turned and looked at Hudson.

She actually wanted to explode right then and there-to tell Thomas and Catherine to get

out.

But she was afraid Hudson, a little fox who had grown up starved of love and desperate for warmth, might blame her.

So she tried to ask Hudson with her eyes what he thought.

She never expected Hudson to argue with his father first.

Almost like he was lashing out, he said, “Dad, whether it’s female or male, it’s my child. I love them. I won’t chase after female offspring on purpose. Even if all my children are male, even if my matriarch doesn’t like me and never mates with me, I’ll still love my children forever.”

Thomas nearly exploded with rage.

“You! What nonsense are you talking about? There are already too few females and too many males. Females are what make the tribe thrive. What use is having that many male offspring? They just waste food. You can grab them by the handful!”

Annelise heard that and immediately stepped forward, wrapping an arm around Hudson.

“Don’t listen to him. We’re not together just to produce children. Of course, having children is nice, but not having them isn’t that important either. What matters most is that we love each other. That’s the most important thing.”

A happy childhood became a lifelong refuge.

An unhappy one left wounds that never fully closed.

Hudson had grown up in a family that didn’t love him. That was why he’d been traded away for three baskets of wild greens.

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He wasn’t like Evan. Evam had been blinded by love at the start, willing to lower his own worth and accept two baskets of wild greens.

Hudson was different. His white-furred brothers were worth four or five baskets. He was worth three.

His value had been defined long ago by his parents.

Annelise continued. As for my future children-if I have a son and he finds someone he likes, he’ll have to ask my opinion first. I’ll check whether that person is worthy of his feelings. Worst case, he can just form a bond and live in my home for the rest of his life.”

At that, Hudson snapped his head around and stared at Annelise in shock.

“Ms. Crawford…”

She would actually say something like that.

It challenged the rules of the entire tribe..

That was when Riven spoke.

“Why look for new males? Did you get my permission?” His voice rang out. “After me, I won’t allow Ms. Crawford to take on any new males. Whoever tries to push one on her is making an enemy of me. Be careful-I might burn your house down with a single flame.”

After saying that. Riven leaned close to Annelise and whispered softly in her ear, “Don’t mind it. I’m lying to scare them. If you take another male someday, as long as his heart is in the right place, it’s fine.”

Annelise’s breath caught.

What? He said all that for me?

Thomas and Catherine still looked unwilling, but they wouldn’t dare provoke Riven.

Riven was someone no one in the tribe dared offend.

Everyone prayed every day that Riven, the terrifying brimel, would stay in the tribe and protect it

If Riven left because of them, their family would become the tribe’s sinners, driven our without mercy.

In the end, they could only say, “Yes, yes, we overstepped. Let’s go. Hurry.”

Catherine pushed Thomas away.

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Annelise cast a sideways glance at the two chickens and the three baskets of dried wild greens. Riven met her eyes, as if they shared the same thought without words.

“Come back,” he said immediately. “Take your things with you. We don’t want them.”

Annelise’s breathing stalled again.

Did he read her mind?

Or had Riven somehow learned to anticipate her every thought?

Thomas and Catherine pressed their lips together, angry but afraid to show it, and finally left.

Annelise sat back down on the lounge chair in the yard, already planning to visit the Chief and the shaman that afternoon-the ones the elders were holding under guard.

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