The Mind-Reading Mate Why Is the Lycan King So Obsessed With Me novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Scaring Away A Bear?

In her first life, Primrose had experienced three assassination attempts.

Two failed.

But the last one? The last one was successful.

The first attempt happened when a group of bandits ambushed her carriage while she was on her way to visit her father in Illvaris City, a territory within the Vellmoria Empire.

They had no interest in robbing her. No demands for gold. No threats to take her hostage.

They had come to kill her.

At that moment, she had nearly been killed until a group of Noctvaris soldiers appeared out of nowhere. Moving like shadows, they slaughtered the bandits within minutes.

It was strange, though. Primrose had already crossed the border into the Vellmoria Empire, meaning those soldiers had no reason to be there.

At the time, she thought it was just a coincidence. But now? She was certain that Edmund must have secretly ordered them to follow her to Vellmoria secretly.

The second attempt came in the form of a beautifully wrapped jewelry box. It was supposed to be a birthday gift, a harmless gift.

Until it exploded.

The only reason she survived was pure irony, her greedy maid had tried to steal from her and ended up opening the box first.

The blast tore through the air, shredding flesh and bone in an instant.

By the time the smoke cleared, there was nothing left of the maid but bloodied scraps of fabric.

And the last time ... it was poison.

A slow, insidious poison that had been slipped into her meals every single day for months. By the time Primrose noticed something was off with her soup, it was already too late.

Her limbs had grown heavy. Her breath had turned shallow. The simplest tasks like lifting a spoon, sitting upright had became unbearable.

In the end, all she could do was lie there, helpless, waiting for death to claim her.

But this? A midnight intruder?

This was new.

[If someone as weak as her sits on the throne beside His Majesty, the Beast Kingdom will crumble.]

[A human queen? Hah! What a joke! Humans have always demonized us, so why should we trust them now?]

[This fragile little creature has to die tonight.]

Primrose felt paralyzed, her entire body frozen in place.

Even her fingers refused to move. Her heart pounded wildly, becoming a frantic drumbeat in her chest as the assassin's footsteps grew closer.

For some reason, this felt far scarier than her previous deaths.

Maybe because this was her bedroom.

Her sanctuary.

Yet here he was, breaching her walls, invading her space, turning the one place she should have felt safe into a death trap.

[A dagger should be enough to kill her.]

A dagger? He was going to stab her with a fucking dagger?!

Oh, come on! At least use something stronger so it wouldn't hurt!

Wait—

She had just been reborn, and now she was about to die again?

Wasn't that a good thing?

At least she wouldn't have to deal with the headache of proving herself to the beasts.

She wouldn't have to fight for a place in a kingdom that never wanted her. She wouldn't have to pretend she belonged.

Maybe this was for the best.

Maybe this time, she'd finally get into heaven, like she always wanted.

But then, she wondered ... Did she really want to die?

In her first life, she had embraced death like an old friend, convinced that no one would mourn her death.

That no one would miss her.

That no one had ever truly cared.

But now ...

Now she could hear their thoughts and she had learned something surprising that not all of the beasts hated her.

Some had simply been afraid to approach her.

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