Reborn As A Beast Queen with Too Many Husbands to Pet novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51 The Selection Begins

The crowd surged into the woods.

Anneliese stayed back, walking slow and steady while gripping Rokky’s hand tight.

“Rokky, you nervous?”

“I… I’m not.”

“Yeah right. You’re shaking like crazy. What are you scared of?”

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Rokky paused before speaking. “I’m scared I’ll mess things up for you, Ms. Crawford. There are so many females and shifters here. I’ve never been around this many people before.

“If I screw up and humiliate you… if I ruin your place in the tribe, then what am I even doing here…”

Before he could finish that thought, Anneliese stood on tiptoe and slapped her hand over his mouth.

She had to stretch high-he was over six-foot-three.

“It’s been years. I thought you were done thinking like that.”

Rokky gently pulled her hand away and glanced down. “If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have heard those whispers.”

“And if it weren’t for you, no one would’ve kept me safe the way you do.”

Anneliese said the selection wasn’t some game.

The trail up the mountain had always been locked down by the chief. His mate piled up boulders and patrolled it every day to keep people out.

That whole area was deadly. Poison plants covered the place, and none of them looked familiar.

The saintess trial? It was a nightmare. The girls had to hunt thirteen dangerous beasts and rip a fang from a monster locked in the far side of the woods.

And no one had real answers. Even former candidates couldn’t explain how they passed.

Some got through on luck the first time.

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They couldn’t have made it the second time.

Most didn’t even finish. The recovery teams had to haul them back.

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“Rokky, bringing a mate isn’t just tradition. It’s survival. It’s to make sure the females who do not pass the selection can still live. So yeah. I’m trusting you with my life.”

Rokky instantly tensed again.

They’d barely made it past the treeline when he stopped and scanned the area. After a second, he nodded with force.

“I won’t let anything happen to you.

“It’s clear here. No beasts nearby.”

But right after he said that, a rock came flying through the trees. Rokky didn’t flinch. He caught it clean with one hand.

Then his shoulders locked up. He dropped the rock and bowed his head.

“That was another shifter.”

He muttered it just as voices crept out from the woods.

“D*mn. The freak’s got fast hands. Why’d he drop it? Come on, catch the next one!”

“Think he’s all tough ’cause his female’s letting him tag along? Let’s go see what he’s really made of.”

“Careful. We don’t want him to eat us.”

“It’s fine. The chief said if he scratches one of us, she’s automatically out. Easy win.”

Four shifters stepped into view.

Anneliese recognized one-the tan guy belonged to Clara.

The rest were strangers, but with how smug they looked, they had to be sons-in-law of the

elders.

Typical.

Anneliese leaned up and whispered, “Don’t stress, Rokky. You haven’t lost control once since joining me. That means my spirit energy works.

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“So if they lay a hand on you, hit back. I’ve got a way around the claw rule.”

Rokky shook his head fast.

The others took that as an invitation.

One of them grinned.

“He’s scared to touch us. But we’re not scared of hitting him.”

Then they picked up more rocks and started throwing again.

Rokky moved in front of her.

He blocked every one of them. Not a single one touched her.

“Hey!”

Anneliese snapped. “Rokky! Standing there like a punching bag won’t fix this!

“You never hurt any of them! You don’t owe them a d*mn thing!”

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Rokky stayed quiet, head still down. A larger rock flew straight at them. He yanked Anneliese close and turned his back.

The rock slammed into him hard, and they both staggered forward.

“Ugh…”

Anneliese struggled, but Rokky wouldn’t let her go.

He whispered, “It’s fine, it’s fine. Just let them get tired.

“This way I can protect you without starting a fight. That way I don’t bring you any trouble.”

Anneliese was about to explode.

She knew how this worked. Playing it nice never helped.

The guys across from them were laughing like hyenas.

She could practically taste the smug coming off them.

She needed a plan fast. But they didn’t wait. When the rocks didn’t get them what they wanted, they charged and started swinging.

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Rokky did what he always did. He covered Anneliese and took every hit.

Punches. Kicks. Over and over again.

They didn’t stop there. They grabbed rocks with sharp edges and went in again.

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Blood started dripping almost instantly-from his scalp, his arms, his back. It rolled down the nape of his neck, then along his spine. It soaked her hands as she stayed trapped under him.

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