Beauty and the Beasts

It was fine if she just wanted the luminous ball. They could just borrow it. Bai Qingqing was scared that An’an might be sick.

Parker’s heart ached when he saw his mate’s anxious expression, and he quickly said, “Alright, I’ll go right away.”

As he said that, he had already left the bedroom.

Not long later, a wet Parker brought in a ball not much smaller than an egg emitting light. The room was instantly a lot more illuminated than before.

If they had a few more balls like these, it wouldn’t be a problem for the room to be as bright as day.

“Alright. An’an, look, the big luminous ball is here.” Bai Qingqing quickly turned An’an toward the direction of the luminous ball.

They had only been planning to make a Hail Mary effort, but the effect was instantaneous. The bright light rays illuminated An’an’s small and tender face. The anxiety and horror on her face immediately dissipated. She blinked her moistened eyes, and her silvery-gray eyes turned bright and glistening. Her pink lips broke into a faint smile as she reached out for the luminous ball.

Bai Qingqing felt at ease but speechless at the same time. It was getting increasingly harder to please this child as she grew older.

Parker heaved a large sigh of relief, handing An’an the luminous ball. He couldn’t help but smile when he saw her satisfied expression.

“Hey, remember to return it to me.” Bluepool’s voice suddenly rang out from outside the door.

The few males in the room all erupted, and Parker let out a low threatening growl as he turned around. Winston and Muir also appeared as if they were facing an enemy, staring in the direction of the voice with a hint of killing intent.

Their mates’ resting place was the most important fortress to males, and there was no way they’d let outsiders enter easily. Coming uninvited would be considered a serious breach of territory.

Thankfully, Bluepool was aware of this and hadn’t entered. He only spoke in the courtyard. Sensing the tremendous hostility, he quickly backed off a few steps.

Bai Qingqing scratched her head and said loudly, “Erm… We’ll return it to you. We’ll give it back to you in the day.” Then borrow it again at night.

Bai Qingqing felt extremely troubled. Judging from how An’an was so protective of the luminous ball, she clearly wasn’t going to lose interest in Bluepool’s dowry any time soon.

Bluepool wasn’t really anxious. It was at Bai Qingqing’s place anyway, so giving it to An’an would be the same as having given it to her. He could even take the opportunity to have contact with Bai Qingqing.

Moreover, no matter how hard this luminous ball was to get, it wasn’t as if there wasn’t any replacement for it. There were even better ones out there. It was just that one would have to spend several years or even several decades to find one.

“Alright, I’ll come to get it tomorrow in the day,” Bluepool said with a good temper.

Bai Qingqing exhaled. “There’s no need to go to the trouble. We’ll send it over to you.”

Bluepool didn’t reply and went back in a good mood.

Only then did the males in the room let down their guards, returning to their relaxed state.

The temperature was neither high nor low, and it was the perfect temperature for sleeping. However, there were always those who had trouble sleeping.

After recuperating for half the night, Muir’s injuries were basically healed. He attempted to transform into his human form and let out a soft sigh of relief after succeeding. His expression also seemed relaxed.

There were several sets of breathing in the room, light-hearted breathing from a child, long breathings from mature males, as well as light and hardly noticeable breathing from a female. All of them were mixed together and seemed to have the same rhythm due to their intimacy, making it hard to discern between them.

However, Muir was able to clearly discern the set that belonged to Bai Qingqing. He looked over toward the sound of her breathing with an infatuated gaze. There was no one to obstruct him nor Bai Qingqing’s subconscious resistance toward him, so he could look at her without restraint.

His lips, which were always tightly pursed together, unconsciously curled up into a faint smile. As he hadn’t worn any expression for a very long time, this smile appeared a little stiff. However, the strong delight from the bottom of his eyes made his smile appear extremely heartfelt.

He could finally watch over by Qingqing’s side forever. It was so nice.

Muir continued to look in Bai Qingqing’s direction like this until daybreak.