That was easier than she expected. Mira’s head replayed what just happened over and over again as her things were being moved into Ming Tao’s bed chambers by several male cheetahs.

She always thought Ming Tao would be a tough nut to crack but it seemed like getting laid by him would be easy. He seemed way more interested in fucking her than she imagined.

It was almost as if he always wanted this but he hid it in a hate pretense but she could not tell. The old Mira and Ming Tao never had a relationship at all for this Mira to even Tao into her memories.

"Move." Resounded behind her. This made Mira’s feet tremble. The voice, belonging to a male from the octave, was harsh.

"Sorry." Mira said and stepped aside to let the beast man passed. It was one of the cheetahs making Ming Tao’s chambers prepared for two people instead of one. None of the cheetahs working looked happy. They looked like they did not like the fact that she was here yet obeyed orders only because it came from their ruler.

The hate was obvious from their angry stares. Their hateful tone whenever they spoke among themselves around her, which she was the centre of the conversation. By the rugged way they handled the supplies she brought from the lion clan.

Every single thing they did, down to their breathing and body movement screamed for her blood and you would be stunned how someone’s breathing would be hateful till you heard the heaviness of every breath.

Mira swallowed. The more she watched them work against their will for her, the harder her reality dawned on her. Having Ming Tao in his bed might be east’s but winning these cheetahs over would not be.

Maybe after all, she would try out her special skill and cook for them. This is with the hope that they are lured by their stomachs as the lions were and detest her less after they had a taste of her delicious meat.

Mira had not even seen a single child since she arrived in the Cheetah clan and she was not sure if it was due to the low birth rate or due to the adults hiding their young from a devious woman like her. She would find out one way or the other, but she really needed to see some cheetah cubs because they were easier to manipulate with meat than grown ass adults.

[Already seeing your life flash before your eyes, host? There is a reason your task with Ming Tao is eight days after all. *wink*] system chimed.

Eight days to breed is just as worse as five days but now, Mira could smell a hidden agenda from system but she could not denote what it was. Whatever it was, she hoped it was easier to do.

"You will be in my bed every night from now on, darling, rethinking your choices now?" Blared from behind her.

Mira flinched. It was Ming Tao but she did not even know when he came in much less of walked behind her. She swallowed, an attempt to hide her nervousness. Mira faked a half grin and turned to face him, she kept her chin held high and crossed her arms underneath her breasts. "Is somebody protruding their inner thoughts?" Mira asked. Her heart thumped violently in her chest.

Ming Tao made her feel so nervous. There was this energy about him that shifted as he was in his own territory that made her want to squirm every damn time she was next to him. It was choking but in the intoxicating kind of way.

Mira let her finger crawl up Ming Tao’s chest till her hand reached for one of his leather necklaces. She pulled on one. This made Ming Tao’s body fall lower till his head was leveled with hers. "Is skinny cat nervous?" Mira raised a brow. Her nerves slowly calmed into confidence.

Ming Tao chuckled in her face and brought his face so close to hers that she could feel his breath fan her skin. "Nervous would be you when I am done with you." He husked.

This made Mira’s eyes widen. Her eye lashes flickered and her fingers’ grip faltered around his necklace.

Where was the shy, somewhat masochistic skinny cat she knew? Mira questioned in her mind. No, really, I want to know. He is so different that it seemed like the version of him I met is a diverse personality.

Mira let go of Ming Tao. Ming Tao stood back straight up without taking his eyes off her for one second. She traced his gaze as he stood, trying to hold her own confidence. Heat. It surged through her again and she wondered if he could feel it too.

"Living with you would be fun." Ming Tao said.

Mira turned, now letting her side face him and folded her arms across her torso. "That is if your people do not kill me first." She worded. Uh oh. She realised it a little too late but she just voiced out her thoughts to him.

Mira spared Ming Tao a gaze. The playful look on his face was gone and now replaced with seriousness she never knew he could possess. He did not find that funny one bit.

Well, so did she. It was not funny to her that she was in the territory of people who wanted her dead and who would hop on the chance to murder her if they were given the opportunity. These people looked like they were waiting for nightfall to end her life in her sleep and were now disappointed that their plans failed since she was moving in with their king. Mira sighed. "Ignore that. I was just thinking out loud." She said. He had not said a word to her statement and his face was firm so she wanted him to not overthink it.

"If anyone so much as says a bad word to you, let me know. As long as you are here, no matter what horrible deed you have done in the past, you are my wife and my people will treat you as such."

The authority in his tone gave Mira chills. Her stomach churned at his words. She felt like she was in her own movie and Ming Tao was this dangerous mob boss who would do anything to protect the female lead, aka her.

My y/n fantasies are becoming my reality!! Mira said in her mind. Her heart made a back flip as she imagined the nastiest things, things which she would do to Ming Tao.

[Mighty Cheetah Ming Tao might be horny but he has no idea what he just got himself into. This will be fun!]

Of course it would, Mira said to herself while responding to system, I mean, it is me, she boasted in her head again.

"Is that understood, darling?" Ming Tao said. This made Mira snap back to beast world.

"Crystal clear." She replied.

"Good." Ming Tao said. "Because I have a lot of things that will keep me occupied all day today, and you will have to be on your own."

Mira’s face flattened. Really? He told her that then proceeded to say this after? At least Jia Hao did not let her leave his sight when she arrived, Ming Tao was doing the opposite and these cheetahs were literally venomous snakes. Mira swallowed.

"What kind of stuff do you have planned? I could join you." She stated. Ming Tao grinned.

"Are you scared?" This made Mira pout. This skinny cat saw right through her and from his tone, he found delight in it.

"Scared is far from it. I just want to watch from the sidelines how you do stuff around here." She lied. Well, a white lie. "Besides, I want to know what you are like without me being your supreme leader." Mira taunted. This joke was her way of getting out of that conversation.

She had a few days left, the journey and sleeping took a lot of time and the last thing she wanted was to let Ming Tao out of her sight for ONE MORE DAY. If they were to do it in a bush or in some kind of beast world work place alternative, they would. She was here to breed and not die, responsibilities and making everyone else hate her less would come after.

"Right." Ming Tao said. He sounded like he did not belive her one bit but he was allowing her to have the benefit of the doubt and this made Mira’s head twitch. "While I do not think the cheetah council would appreciate the woman who tortured their Mighty ruler and refused to fulfil her duty of saving the tribe from extinction being in their midst when discussing urgent matters, I will give you the freedom to decide where you want to be."

This was his way of telling her to not come along but there was no way in hell Mira was staying with a bunch of other cheetahs who hated her without Ming Tao being there. The old Mira never visited this place long enough to know anything about the people and the clan, all she did was torment and torture.

She was just useless, utterly useless!

Mira smiled. "A place as public as that? Even better." She made a ’c’ with her fingers and twisted her hand. Now, she brought her curved palm to her face and gestured a kiss.

Ming Tao’s face reddened. He knew what that was, perfect.