Chapter 75 Protect Them
Kaleb turned into his beast form as a moose and let Tyne climb onto his back before following closely behind Zane.
Meanwhile, Rufus had already changed into a gyrfalcon and was flying high above them, keeping watch.
Guided by the direction Rufus gave, Zane sped forward at full speed.
The forest around them was dead and dry. White snow covered everything. The land’s quiet was slowly broken by rising noise.
The sounds kept getting louder. Soon, they could clearly hear voices from other beastfolk.
“Catch them! Boss said we have to grab them, especially the pregnant one!”
“Haha! Since when did Boss like that kind? That’s wild!”
Claire’s heart hammered in her chest, and her legs trembled.
She hadn’t expected that those rogue beastfolk would still be chasing them after all this time.
There were too many enemies. Slowly, the rogue beastfolk surrounded them, blocking the left, the right, and behind until there was almost no way out.
The icy wind cut across her face like blades. Claire felt her whole body going numb.
Then suddenly, a brown blur rushed in from the side.
It shot across Zane’s back like a fired arrow.
Claire threw herself backward on instinct and barely avoided the strike.
At that close moment, she saw who it was–Jeffrey!
His huge snake body moved with shocking speed. It was unbelievably fast.
Luckily, he was in beast form. His body was too slick to grab her.
When Jeffrey’s tail swept across Zane’s back, the tip flicked lightly, knocking the fur pouch off.
“My younglings!”
Claire reached out to grab it, but she was just a bit too far. When she noticed several rogue beastfolk near where it was rolling, she clenched her teeth and rushed after it.
She ran as fast as she could toward the fur pouch.
Thankfully, the fur pouch was tied tightly, so the younglings hadn’t fallen out.
Zane immediately stopped. When he turned around, he saw the fur pouch in Claire’s hands as she swung her arm hard.
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“Zane, catch it!”
The fur pouch flew through the air toward him.
He jumped and caught it firmly between his jaws.
Inside, the younglings whimpered and huddled together.
But at that same moment, a rogue beastfolk grabbed Claire from behind and twisted her wrist.
“Run with the younglings! Leave me!”
Claire shouted as loudly as she could, tears running down her face.
Goodbye, my babies!
Mommy is using my life to protect you all!
I did it this time!
It’s worth it to exchange my life for the lives of 12 children!
But Zane stayed frozen, staring at Claire as she was dragged away. Only heavy breaths came from his nose.
Rufus swooped down from the sky and slashed at Jeffrey, who was about to attack again, tearing off more
snake scales.
Then he shot back up into the air.
“Go! If you don’t leave now, you’ll die here! Zane, if you don’t take them away, then you’re not my beast mate anymore!”
Zane’s eyes shrank. Pain filled him. He flung the fur pouch holding the younglings onto his back, bit down on the long strap, and then turned and ran.
Tears filled Claire’s eyes as she watched the tall white figure fade into the distance.
Tyne and the moose were already gone.
Rufus kept circling in the sky, reluctant to leave.
Jeffrey’s snake body slid smoothly across the snow and stopped beside Claire.
His large eyes fixed on her.
“I told you. You weren’t escaping, female!”
All that tracking hadn’t been wasted.
He finally caught her!
Jeffrey wrapped his tail around Claire, coiling tightly until her whole body was locked in place.
She struggled hard, but she couldn’t even move a finger.
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Chapter 75 Protect Them
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