Contract

None of the actions I made seemed to escape his eyes.

Going to sit on a lounge chair in front of my own, he stared at me seemingly deep into his own world.

Sensing his frigid gaze on puny little old me, I dared to lift my head to look up at him.

Stabbing a piece of meat with one claw bringing it to my snout greedily, eating with glee that rather a sizable piece of raw beef.

I froze momentarily gulping down my saliva when he made a motion toward a drawer.

What the hell is he up to now…This was my sole thought crossing my mind

he took out a scroll from a drawer near his seat.

My gaze landed on it warily a feeling of dread built up in the pit of my stomach.

By now, I know that anything of his is probably more troublesome for my sorry little self than that I wish to deal with.

This monkey demon!

This scroll seems to have some type of energy, magic, chakra or qi radiating from it.

Oh-no! Now, this seriously wouldn't be one of those "contracts" scrolls or something as ridiculous, Right???

It truly reeks and smells catastrophic level of problems!

My small pure heart being raided by uncertainty as his turning cruel gaze stays on me.

I felt like I wanted to cry but lacking the tears, I shivered as a cold feeling tugged my spine like thousands of cold poison needles.

If it is that can I resist it?

My thoughts rush and crumble one after the other.

Being a little young cub, my force isn't on par with him, but my mind isn't aligned with my age, therefore, a sliver of hope grew into my feeble beating heart. It gave birth to a stronger resolve that flowed and surged into me.

Unbroken tides of waves of anger rising and crashing into my mind.

He unfolded the scroll on the table that was right in front of me.

Setting the piece of meat down smoothly.

It might as well be that I ate balls of a lion and possess its courage.

I can't be weak now even if it's a bluff.

I need my best poker face or I'll be turned into that tyrant pet slave. It's truly one of those outrageous contract of life and death that chain down the beast.

Turning them into near soulless puppets!

A smirk flashed on his face as he spoke in a lofty manner.

[Princess grumpy kitty knows what this king intend? This king will be magnanimous as well as generous by acknowledging your wits. This king will grant you a beast slavery contract as this king spirit beast! You can consider it your blessing that this king wants to use you!]

I, This queen is not impressed! This was my response in my mind to that arrogant prick that seems to be too high on his own horse!

You filthy brat! How dare you even consider owning the great I, your ancestral great aunt!

Standing up in a split second, lowering my head to align with my body, ear's falling back my eyes turns murderous for the first time since this new life.

I'm truly furious so furious I feel like I can go on a spree of a rampage.

Must have been because of the adrenaline, but, my aura totally flipped at a 180-degree speed! Lightning magic energy starting to spark on my silky fur turning it harder than iron metal!

Yet none of this intimidation seems to faze him remotely enough to stun him for more than 2 seconds. He was totally confident in all the pieces that were in his pockets and that I would officially become his new pawn.

Taking the scroll, he muttered some weird incantation that I couldn't understand.

Decisively I brace myself for imminent impact and clash of energy. Determined to fend off the shackles of this infuriating and nauseating contract, even if my body is weak my mental power is still far from the one of a weakling!

When the tidal wave arrived, I fought it, grinding my teeth, biting down and hard ironing my will to never submit.

Mental battle was not easy in the least.

Lasting only a fleeting moment, but it felt so suffocating.

Resisting the only path I have.

Giving up and submitting myself would be making me become this arrogant 13-15 years old wet behind the ears plaything! I won't allow it!

BOOM!

The incantation failed!

Now, it was he who was totally flabbergasted and dumbstruck!

A wide smirk on my face, I am clearly mocking as well as challenging him!

Noise and energy that was produced by the binding contract were not small.

The room items got heavily damaged in addition to being blown away. Furthermore, glass windows were shattered into pieces, vases plus other small statues and items shattered into specks of dust or crumbled. As for softer tissue items, they were riddled with huge rippings with the filling feathers flying around and thorn beyond any recognition.

The resulting damage was truly massive!

His proud and lofty attitude was now wiped clean of his lofty face.

He could never have guessed nor imagined that a puny tiger cub, insignificant as an ant would possess such mental power.

Attracted by the massive explosion, a young adult man ran in.

My gaze travelling to the new arrival as well as awaiting him to make his move before deciding my new course of actions.

The heavy resemblance to the looks to that troublemaker monkey only as an older more imposing version.

Sword line brows sporting an obvious frown. Making the bratty monkey teen no longer arrogant. The Brat spoke while shuttering his words.

[ First... Bi... big... big elder brother... I... I didn't do it it's... It was this thing... all this beast wrongdoing help me big elder brother. I want to use it for the competition in a few days.]

The new arrival was still heavily frowning.

[ You created a fine mess.]

Exchanging gaze, staring alertly at each other.

Keeping my wits about myself in the back of my mind felt like this position could not get worse.

The first is a mighty demon emperor, and the second is a bratty noisy monkey arrogant prince of the bull with both being very troublesome!

Lightning still ran on my fur as it stands on its end making me look like a fluff lighting ball.

The teen might have been dominating, but lacked the air and mannerisms of a king compared to this man.

Recalling seeing him previously in the forest.

In that encounter even my noble mother had seemed afraid of him...

[Darn! How the hell did I land myself into this pit of snakes and scorpions!?] I screamed this but it sounded like a mix of growls and meows...

While both of them was striding towards me step by step, I backed two steps.

With lightning speed, he disappeared from my eyes!

I tried to turn around, but I was too slow.

Grabbing me by the back neck skin, I had to powerlessly let myself dangle down.

Staring at him with my ice-silver eyes while being very afraid, I tried my best not to let my emotion show in my eyes.

The fear I had in my guts turning and was consuming me whole.

But, my gaze appeared to be strong and unbending.

Masking all that deep-rooted fear, I had of him. I being sensible able to feel his level of strength, that was like heaven and earth with mine!

One of his perfect sword brows rose only slightly, gazing with a keen interest in this mosquito that is me. He then walks away with me dangling on the side. Reaching the door with intent and large strides, without turning back once.

Desperate, the youth voice rang out.

[First elder brother I am the one that found this beast by all rights it is mine! It won't submit to this prince. It should be taught a lesson] His tone was full of whining grievances in addition to unspoken anger toward me.

[It has to submit to me. It is to be this prince's my beast.] He continued to whine to his elder brother.

The man stopped walking not even turning his head to give a face to that monkey of a prince, he spoke in the coldest of tone.

[This, beast lineage greatly plays on whom or who can command it. You wish to command the cub of the emperor tiger and his queen? ]

Pausing for a moment as the air grew few degrees colder, he then spoke with disdain apparently showing in his voice

[Let this big brother ask you. Was your head kicked by a donkey?]

He let out a long sigh...

Continuing to walk in the same direction as before taking me away. I make no move to resist, as it likely would end with a severe beating of my behind in the best case and death in the worse, but now understood the reason why I had been able to resist the bind.

Not only my mental power isn't weak but my birth conditions also played a heavy role in this fight.

If I had been something weaker of genetics or condition combined to not being from the two most powerful beast in the range, I would have been lost.

Reduced to a puppet with nearly no freedom.

Dread spread into me as I pondered those thoughts...

I needed more strength.

Sigh... Seriously I only wanted a quiet life why the hell... I lift my gaze toward the ceiling feeling wronged by the heavens. Guess the writer of fate was bored and wanted a good laugh...

I peek up to that man while he made his way forward with me in a determined manner.

I don't seem to even exist in his eyes. It feels like nothing I do can be a threat to him.

Being carried out, I look around to the mansion's courtyard environment. After all, I better plan to escape because in no way do I want to be someone pet's tiger puppet especially not one for those evil devils!