The Ultimate Litter: A Beast World System Tale novel Chapter 189

Chapter 189 The Silver Wolf Descends

Zane did not lower his head His eyes remained fixed on the brown bear and the ring of beastfolk pr in from all sides, but when he spoke, his voice carried a rare edge of anger beneath its usual gentlene

“You let yourself walk into this. I will not stand by while you throw your life away.”

He had understood when she left him outside the city walls. He had assumed she would wait for him they would move together.

But he had arrived only moments too late, and in that sliver of time, the mob had already closed arou her.

The female he cherished above all else, her beautiful little fox form now battered and dirt streaked. surrounded by these hulking brutes. The sight made him want to tear every last one of them apart.

“Another moment and I would have been too late. That bear would have crushed you. Do you underst how close that was?”

Claire heard the reproach in his words and felt her earlier bravado wither on the spot. Her voice came small and defensive.

“There was no time to wait. Marcus was bleeding. Another few minutes and there would have been nothing left of him but a dried husk.”

The emergency had left her no choice.

Zane rarely lost his temper, but she could tell he was genuinely angry now. She knew better than to arg She apologized immediately and sincerely.

“I am sorry, Zane. Next time, I will talk to you first

The little fox hung her head, barely reaching the silver wolf’s knees, so small and obedient in her remors that Zane felt his fury dissolve as quickly as it had risen.

“Fine. Do not let it happen again.”

His voice softened again, warm as a spring breeze, and Claire felt something open in fer chest.

“You are too good to me.

“Save the flattery for later. Climb on.”

Zane lowered himself and used his muzzle to toss the little fox gently upward. The gold and red fox scre through the air, and by the time she landed on the silver wolf’s back, she had shifted back into haman form.

Claire sat astride Zane, and suddenly she had a spine again. She was no longer afrand of Finlay Sh straightened her back and gave the wolf a light kick with her heet

“Charge!”

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Zane glanced back at her with a look caught somewhere between exasperation and deep affection, the moved in the direction her hand pointed.

His frame stood only shghtly shorter than the brown bear’s, but he towered over the lesser beastfolk, wherever he walked, they scrambled aside in nervous haste.

The brown bear roared.

“Who dares to retreat? All of you, attack together

He had chased that little fox for what felt like an eternity, caught nothing, and only worsened the dam to his right shoulder.

The pain now cut through him with every heartbeat, a deep grinding ache. Something remained lodg inside that bloody wound, something that did not belong in his body, shifting and scraping against his flesh with each movement he made.

This strange wolf before him looked formidable enough, with three beast marks of his own, but numb would tell in the end. His beastfolk were countless. They could wear the wolf down through sheer attrit

Grimstone would become their cage.

A striped tiger burst from the crowd and launched himself at the silver wolf.

Claire recognized him. Maxim.

The tiger’s frame fell slightly short of the wolf’s, but his ferocity burned just as bright, and he struck bet any of the others could gather their courage.

Finlay watched Maxim charge and smiled. His most loyal hound had finally shown himself.

He knew that investment would pay off.

Claire’s eyes turned hard and sharp. She pointed at the tiger and spoke to Zane. That is the one who drugged me. He attacked me in the dark.

“That’s him. He drugged me and attacked me in the middle of the night.”

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The atmosphere around Zane changed instantly. The temperature seemed to drop. His gaze locked onto Maxim. Every muscle in his body tightened.

The tiger was already airborne. A massive paw swept toward Zane’s head.

“Zane, leave this one to me!”

Claire’s voice rang out. Understanding flashed through Zane immediately. He dropped low, and the tiger claws passed harinlessly over his head.

Claire raised her bare hand, and a long sharp blade appeared in her grip as if summoned from third

She let the tiger’s own momentum carry him forward while she drew the edge in a single smooth fine from chest to tail, splitting even the twin soft sacs that hung between his humor less dies in twis

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Argh!”

The tiger had not yet hit the ground when his roar turned into a shriek of pure agony.

His heavy body crashed down on the other side of the plaza, his legs twitching helplessly for a few brea before falling still.

A sharp intake of breath swept through the crowd.

The great tiger lay on his back, unmoving, gutted from end to end in the span of a heartbeat.

The silver wolf and the female on his back were both drenched in Maxim’s blood, their faces still carry

calm smiles.

“Too strong. The female made something strange appear in her hand out of nowhere and sliced throug Maxim’s hide like paper. Is she some kind of monster?”

“Run! They are executioners!”

The way objects appeared and disappeared at will had shaken the beastfolk to their core. Their minds could not process what they had seen. Panic broke through their ranks, and they scattered in every direction, trampling one another in their haste to flee.

The brown bear lifted his snout to the sky and bellowed.

“Cowards. What are you afraid of? All of you, attack together! She has only two hands. Can she kill every one of you at once?! Anyone who runs dies!”

He forced them to stop, to turn back, to become his shield and his fodder while they bled the enemy dry

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