Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 35

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“Rest with you?” Gale raised his brow. “Is that an invitation?” 

“Ah–N–no, I–I just thought that you need rest. Since you… uhm… you just went to war… or something, I don’t know much…” Swan stammered as she lowered her head bashfully. She fiddled with her fingers, trying to tell Gale to rest. “Y–you might get sick if you are too tired.” 

“I’m not a weak human. I cannot get sick, nor can I physically tire myself,” Gale said. 

He wasn’t lying. Truthfully, he didn’t need sleep nor would he fall ill to any disease. It was just the psychological pressure and stress that made him long for a comfortable rest, just so he wouldn’t snap at anyone on sight. “But I’ll take your offer.” 

Gale sat on the bed and wrapped his arms around Swan’s waist to pull her deeper into 

his embrace. 

Swan was so small compared to him, and it roused the protective feeling in his heart. He murmured, “I’m sorry, Swan.” 

“For what?” Swan asked in confusion. “You… you have been very good to me.” 

“I failed to protect you today, and I still don’t know what truly happened at the lake,” Gale muttered. “I should’ve killed Rock for attacking you, but you are unharmed, so I don’t have the heart to kill him for a sin he had yet to commit.” 

“P–please don’t hurt him.” 

“Why not? He almost hurt you.” 

“But he doesn’t mean it,” Swan replied. “I–I think he’s not being himself at the lake. He was so kind to me before.” (1 

Gale’s lips thinned. He wondered if Swan realized that Rock had been lusting over her the whole time, mostly because she wore a dress that exposed half of her breasts. 

It might be the norm in Holy Achate, but for a young wolf like Rock, he might find her body very enticing. 

Combined with how Jade poisoned his mind into thinking that he was in love with Swan, it was possible that Rock simply lost control over himself, though very unlikely, knowing that Swan was already marked. 

“It doesn’t matter whether you think he was kind to you or not. I still have to keep him in prison for attempting to harm you,” Gale stated calmly, but firmly. 

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“Will he ever be allowed to leave?” Swan asked. “Uhm… he is a young man. I don’t want his life to be ruined because of this…” 

Gale had no intention of letting Rock out of that dungeon for now, so he replied, “He should stay imprisoned. We, wolf beastmen, Have twice the lifespan of a human. You don’t need to worry about him” S 

Swan still felt it wasn’t fair for Rock. For once she was also imprisoned inside her shabby room in the Holy Achate Palace since she was young, only allowed to leave to get something to eat in the kitchen. 

It was a torture that she didn’t want anyone se to suffer, especially when that person didn’t hurt her at all. 

“But, Rock-” 

“Stop talking about him,” Gale interrupted her as he started to get fed up. “I know you have a good opinion about him, but he deserves to rot in that dungeon, at least for 

now.” 

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Facing the idea that someone would suffer the same fate as her–being unjustly imprisoned, Swan was unwilling to back down now, and Gale saw it through her eyes. 

“Don’t give me that look. You know I’m just protecting you.” 

“But he is not dangerous.” 

“Even after you were about to die in his hands just now?‘ 

“He didn’t mean it.” 

“He did. He knew what he was doing at that lake.” 

“No, he didn’t. I–I can see it in his eyes!” 

“SWAN!” 

Swan’s body stiffened. She stared at Gale with fear in her eyes, before lowering her head obediently, “I–I’m sorry. I just don’t want him to get hurt.” 

“Why do you care about him that much?” Gale sneered. He didn’t understand why she would argue with her husband for a man she just met. “If you care about him that much, why don’t you replace him? I will lock you in that dungeon so he can be free.” Initially, Gale said that as sarcasm, so Swan would drop the conversation entirely. 

To his surprise Swan nodded without a sliver of hesitation as if she was ready to throw 

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away her life for the sake of someone else’s freedom. 

“You-” Gale was speechless for a few seconds before he tightened his arms around her waist. “Why are you nodding? Are you seriously agreeing to replace Rock in that dungeon?!” 

Swan nodded again.