Reborn As A Beast Queen with Too Many Husbands to Pet novel Chapter 187

Chapter 187 Trying to Keep It Down

Riven stayed completely still.

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His arms were locked around his legs, hugging his knees so tight that the pressure pushed soft ridges into his otherwise toned calves.

“What are you all tensed up for?

“Riven. Come on. Say something.

“If you won’t talk, I’ll just keep poking you.

“And don’t think I’ll stop at your neck. I’m gonna poke your cute little face next.”

Annelise reached over and pushed his head sideways. She didn’t poke him this time. She kissed his cheek. Loud and on purpose.

Riven’s eyes flew wide open like he’d just seen a ghost, and his wings shot out behind him with a sudden.

snap.

Big, glowing feathers burst from the tips, fluttering down around them in soft, slow spirals.

“Wow. Did you just drop feathers from embarrassment

“Stop talking…”

Annelise smirked to herself.

As if she’d actually keep quiet just because he asked.

He had made her stew in confusion for days. She hadn’t even realized she liked him until it was too late. And he never said a word.

Now? She was taking every bit of that back.

She poked him again, this time in the chest.

“And now I’m gonna poke your chest.”

“Wha-”

Riven’s brain instantly filled with a mental image of her leaning in again.

Only this time, her lips were on his chest.

Her lips. His chest. Oh, hell no. Suddenly, flames burst all over his body. They shot upward in a hot, angry flash like someone lit a match to a gas leak.

Annelise jerked back in shock. “Are you trying to barbecue me?!”

Riven ducked his head like an ostrich sticking it into the dirt.

But even then, he mumbled softly, “We’re already bonded. My fire won’t burn you. It’s totally under control. You’re safe.”

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“Oh, really? Then why do you look like you’re about to set the house on fire?”

He looked like someone stuck a torch in his hoodie and forgot to blow it out.

Honestly, in the dark, someone would’ve probably thought it was a walking flame.

“I kinda wanna roast marshmallows on your back.”

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Riven’s face turned scarlet. “That’s not funny. I’m burning up because if I don’t let it out, I’m gonna explode down there…”

Annelise let out a snort that rolled straight into wild laughter. “You people are unreal. Embrace the chaos. Become the chaos. Honestly, I’m crying.”

When the heat finally died down, she slid closer and looked him straight in the face. “So what’s the deal? I can’t touch you at all now?”

“You can. If you behave. You’re the one who keeps pushing it.”

He suddenly turned to her with a serious look in his eyes. “But if you touch me like that again, it means we’re a real thing.”

Annelise blinked. Weren’t they already?

Riven grabbed her hand.

“We kissed. That’s everything to me. If you die, I’m going down with you.”

“Oh, that’s cute. Coming from the guy who said if he diell. I’d still have backup. I’ve got other mates, remember?”

Riven narrowed his eyes and thumped her on the forehead.

A soft pop echoed off her skull.

“Ow! That hurt!”

It had been a while since he did that. “Shut your mouth

But she didn’t stop. “So if one day I do break the bond for some serious reason, you’d be okay with it?

“You guys put more weight on kissing than contracts, right?

“So what if something happens, and I have no choice but to end it?”

Riven clamped a hand over her mouth.

“If that day ever comes, you’re going in the ground.”

His stare burned like open

flame.

Annelise had no comeback for that.

She barely lifted her hand before the door burst open.

The High Priest stormed in, trailing a wave of cold air behind him.

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Chapter 187 Trying to Keep It Down

“Sweetheart, I’ve already told everyone to stay the hell away from that open field.

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The little goat told me everything. That shaman’s out for blood. She’s trying to wipe the whole tribe out. She’s a menace.”

He stepped over and turned toward Riven’s arm.

Annelise pulled up Riven’s sleeve and revealed a deep, jagged slash. “Good thing it was him. If it had been anyone else, they’d be six feet under by now.

“But that’s not the point. I think she’s got more tricks up her sleeve.

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