Xuan Yu's breathing rhythm was completely thrown off.
He pinned Yunyang's hands, and with the other hand pulling hard, the fragile top and bottoms were instantly torn apart.
His wolf tail was tucked away, water splashed high in the bathtub, and the once spacious space suddenly felt crowded.
Yunyang's pupils contracted sharply.
"Xuan Yu, you..."
The male lowered his head slightly, sealing her lips with a kiss.
Only during the brief intervals when they came up for air could Yunyang's broken voice be heard.
"You... slow... slow down a little..."
Under the bathroom light, that pair of wolf ears twitched without pause.
Xuan Yu's every breath was filled with the scent that belonged only to Yunyang—faint, lingering, elusive, a touch of quiet elegance mixed with a hint of youthful rawness.
As if bewitched, he tilted his head slightly, baring the most vulnerable part of his neck right in front of Yunyang's eyes.
"Femme Alpha, mark me."
"I beg you..."
Only a male who had been marked could be considered truly bonded with a female, a male recognized by the Federation as belonging to a female mate.
Yunyang clung to him, struggling to keep her balance.
Hearing Xuan Yu's plea, she lowered her head slightly and bit down hard on the male's neck.
The male's vulnerable neck was broken open, and the taste of blood flooded her entire mouth.
The spiritual mark was quietly branded in place.
Xuan Yu let out a low, muffled groan.
His rough palm pressed against a soft fullness.
The shadows of the light swayed, hazying Yunyang's vision.
Yunyang soon began to regret it.
She shouldn't have let this wolf cub serve her in the bath—one session turned into a full two hours.
If not for the bathtub's temperature control system, that water would have gone cold long ago.
And that wasn't the end of it.
The wolf cub did indeed help her bathe.
But after coming out of the bathroom, he was also the one who held her hand tightly and continued to wear her out without rest.
Sweat from who-knows-whom stuck to her skin, making her uncomfortable.
Furious, Yunyang gave the wolf cub another bite.
...
A wolf cub who had finally gotten a taste of meat was simply a madman.
If not for the fact that Yunyang was a first-timer, and knowing she had arranged to go to the Purification Tower the next morning, he wouldn't have let her off so easily.
But this alone had already worn Yunyang to the bone.
She raised her foot and kicked Xuan Yu in the chest, only to hurt her own foot because the male's pectoral muscles were too hard.
Yunyang was at a loss for words.
"Carry me to wash up."
"As you command, my femme Alpha."
In the latter half of the night, Xuan Yu didn't dare to cause more trouble. He even shifted back to his beast form, nuzzling up to Yunyang in a bid to please her.
Yunyang took a deep inhale of the wolf cub's scent before hugging his big tail and closing her eyes to rest.
Before falling asleep, Yunyang couldn't help but wonder—if males were so gifted in that regard, how on earth did those females with eight or ten beast-husbands manage to endure it?
But when she woke up the next morning, aside from feeling a little mentally worn out, she had no physical discomfort at all.
The soreness and weakness in her waist and legs from last night were completely gone.
Yunyang was astonished.
So it turned out that beastfolk weren't just gifted on the male side—the females were just as capable!
Tsk.
Yunyang let out a small sigh, then brushed the thought aside, threw off the covers, and got out of bed.
The door was knocked on almost at the same time. Yunyang unlocked it through her light brain, and Xuan Yu walked in carrying the scent of a meal.
He went over, scooped Yunyang up, and carried her into the bathroom, setting her on the waist-high vanity counter, helping her wash up.
Yunyang let him do as he pleased.
After washing up, she opened the virtual wardrobe on her light brain and browsed through the options.
The virtual wardrobe connected to all the closets in the villa.
Last night, before going to bathe, Yunyang had transferred the clothes Qin Mo and Xuan Yu had brought from the space pendant into the wardrobe, and now the glowing array of options was practically dazzling.
Considering she was heading to the Purification Tower later, she picked a set that was somewhat formal but not too stiff, and directed Xuan Yu to grab it from the closet.
One door of the wardrobe slid open, and the outfit she had selected was delivered by a machine to just behind the doorway, visible the moment she stepped in.
After changing into the fresh clothes, Yunyang unashamedly ordered Xuan Yu to carry her downstairs.
Qin Mo was already seated at the dining table.
When Yunyang got close, she noticed a swollen bruise on the corner of his forehead.
She asked with concern, "Qin Mo, what happened to you here?"
At the mention of this, Qin Mo shot Xuan Yu a vicious glare before covering up with, "Nothing, I just accidentally fell."
Yunyang looked at him, then at Xuan Yu, and decided to play dumb.
The table was laid out with a lavish breakfast. If not for the temperature-regulating dining table reminding her, she might have thought she was still on Blue Star.
She didn't know what other females preferred to eat, but she certainly had her favorites.
For breakfast, Yunyang still didn't get a single chance to lift a finger.
Once she was full and had left the cleaning of the dining room and kitchen to the robot butlers, her two beast-husbands flanked her on either side as they left the villa.
In the designated area outside the villa, two sleek, high-tech flying vehicles were parked.
Qin Mo shoved Xuan Yu aside and invited, "Femme Alpha, take my flying vehicle."
Xuan Yu refused to be outdone. "Femme Alpha, my aircraft has already been set to the temperature most comfortable for you."
Although watching her two beast-husbands fight over her was satisfying, Yunyang didn't want to waste time on such trivial matters.
She tapped her light brain with a few simple operations, and a small, luxurious flying yacht auto-piloted over.
After gene unlock, Yunyang declared with a lavish air, "We're taking mine—Xuan Yu, you drive!"
This yacht was a coming-of-age gift from one of her father's romantic rivals.
That uncle, although a rival for her father's affections, knew that currying favor with Yunyang—the most beloved daughter of Yun Conglan—was the same as currying favor with Yun Conglan himself, so he'd gone to considerable lengths to acquire this yacht.
Even though it was a small model, it was still more spacious and safer than the two flying vehicles.
With the femme Alpha giving the order, Qin Mo and Xuan Yu stopped fighting. One took the pilot's seat, and the other sat in the back with Yunyang.
Half an hour later, the flying yacht flew into the most barren area of X92 Star.
Whatever had happened across this entire region, there wasn't a single intact building in sight except for that pitch-black tower.
Xuan Yu parked the yacht near the tower, then circled around to open the door for Yunyang.
The moment Yunyang stepped out of the yacht, Lao Wei rushed over to greet her.
The entire area was within the tower's radar detection range, and the moment the small yacht approached, Lao Wei received an alert, which allowed him to greet Yunyang in a timely manner.
Although it was only nine in the morning, Lao Wei had been waiting anxiously for nearly twenty hours by this point.
Yesterday, he had already learned the identity of that honored guest—she was the third individual in the Federation to possess S-rank spiritual power.
He worried that such a distinguished figure might be joking with him, or worse, had gone to another Purification Tower.
Fortunately, none of the terrible scenarios he had imagined had come to pass.
Lao Wei pressed his left hand to his chest and bowed ninety degrees to Yunyang.
"Greetings, esteemed Yunyang, on behalf of the X92 Star Purification Tower, we thank you for your arrival."
Beastfolk's light brains were bound by gene sequences, making background checks easy, so it didn't surprise Yunyang that Lao Wei knew her name.
Likewise, on the way there, she had already learned Lao Wei's name and identity.
"Hello, Mr. Lao Wei."
"Please take me to see the males who require purification."
