Nothing will happen to me

Berry was staring at Lily as if she were staring at a ghost. "How is that done? I've never heard of those styles before," she blinked innocently.

Lily grinned. "Of course you wouldn't know; that little lesson is okay for you," she thought. "Of course you've never heard of it before; after all... the styles are foreign. You might almost choke to death with pleasure if you try them, so little girl, don't compete with me on this matter." She flashed her a sweet smile.

Berry frowned slightly. "I am really not a little girl; I have children already," she blinked innocently.

Lily's eyes raised slightly, and she took another glance at Berry.

"Beautiful sister, why don't you teach me how those styles are done? I think I like that Reverse Cowgirl more; please teach me."

Lily's mouth was wide open. "How can someone be so interested in sex?" she shivered and smiled awkwardly. "Hehe, I was only teasing you; I don't mean all that," she immediately denied.

Berry looked at Lily, her beautiful green eyes glowing softly. "You are lying! You know... you can't deceive me as I am from the cat tribe; we have a secret ability to identify lies from the truth. What you just said about only teasing me was a complete lie," she smiled proudly.

"Ah," Lily was left speechless. "What have I put myself into?" she thought, rubbing her forehead. "Wait... where's Liam?" she asked, looking around.

"Oh... that fox, he's out hunting for something you can eat," Berry replied.

"And Angus?"

"Here!" Angus's cold voice echoed from the entrance, stunning both Lily and Berry.

"You are here!" Lily exclaimed with wide-open eyes. "How long has he been there? How much did he hear?" she screamed inwardly.

Angus nodded and moved closer to Lily.

"I will leave you both first. I will visit beautiful sister later," Berry quickly declared and fled immediately out of fear.

Lily was speechless, not knowing what to say to start a conversation.

"Angel... how is your fever?" Angus inquired in a less cold tone.

Lily was surprised and looked at Angus. "He's clearly not there that day when I told Ewan my name," she thought. "How... how did you know my name?" she questioned.

Angus smiled and leaned forward, rubbing the tattoo on Lily's neck. "I'm always with you; how could I not know your name?" he chuckled charmingly.

Lily's eyes widened even more. "Are you talking about this tattoo on my neck?" she asked.

"Tattoo?" Angus was at loss.

"I mean the mate mark," Lily corrected herself.

Angus nodded. "As long as this remains on you, whenever you are in danger, even if I am millions miles away, I will surely come to your rescue right in time," he said softly.

Lily's heart raced faster. "This racing of my heart almost every day when I'm with either Angus or Liam feels a little bit abnormal. Could it be that I'm in love? No, that's not possible. My heart didn't race this much when I was with Lu Chen; this is happening because of the unfamiliar surroundings I am in, sure that's the case," she thought, fighting hard to calm her heart.

"Um, Angus, about that mating stuff, I..."

"You don't want me to be your mate?" Angus questioned, his gaze cold and emotionless.

"It's... it's not like that," Lily stammered nervously. "I... I just don't want to be in any relationship," she stated in a low voice.

Angus raised Lily's chin to make her look at him. "If you don't want me, just cut the ties between us," he replied emotionlessly.

Lily's eyes widened in shock, and she cast him a confused glance. "If I cut it, won't you die?" she questioned.

"I won't die."

"Then what will happen to you?"

Angus looked at Lily and suddenly captured her lips, kissing her for a very long time before breaking away. "You rest more; I will be out for a while. Also, feel free to do whatever you want; nothing will happen to me," he replied in a heavy tone and left.

"Angus!" Lily called, but Angus didn't turn back. "Will nothing really happen to him?" she murmured, and just then, Liam came in with a huge sack in hand.

"Beauty!" Liam called, rushing to her and hugging her tightly. "You scared me earlier," he murmured.

"Liam, I have a question for you."

"What's it?" Liam asked readily.

"You tell me: if I cut the bond between me and Angus, what will happen to him?"

Liam stared at Lily for a while before sighing. "The method he used to become your mate is between life and death. This method is extremely painful, as one has to endure thousands of soul cuts. If one successfully bears this pain and survives, he will level up, but if one fails, he will die. Obviously, he passed, and if you want to cut ties with him, he might either die or..."

"Or what?"

"His strength will be reduced to nothing, and since he's an anaconda species, he will be bitten every single day by his fellow species, and his body will be left to rot with no one to take care of him. He won't die; instead, his life will be prolonged, but the torture won't stop. He can only escape from this if all the anaconda tribe is wiped out of existence."

Lily's heart beat faster, and two drops of tears escaped her eyes. "And he dares to tell me nothing will happen to him! So he means he won't die, but he will be a sinner among his people, huh! Very well!" She gritted her teeth angrily and lay back on the bed, her back facing Liam.

"Beauty..." Liam was at loss. "This crazy snake!" he thought inwardly. "Beauty, eat something," he implored, but Lily just ignored him. "Please eat something, beauty," he urged again, but there was no response. "Damn you, snake!" he screamed inwardly.

Lily was feeling extremely bad. "Why am I angry? I shouldn't care, right?" she pondered, but the more she tried to deceive herself, the more her heart ached. "Am I really in love?" She took a deep breath.

"Beauty, please eat..." Liam's worried voice echoed again.

Lily turned around and looked into Liam's eyes, which were filled with utmost sincerity. She couldn't help but recall all his efforts toward her. "I'm stuck! What do I do?" she thought.

"Beauty, don't be angry again; please eat something, okay," Liam pleaded, stretching out a ripe apple for her.

Lily stood up and took the apple. She took a bite, and surprisingly, her unclear feelings settled after taking a bite. "What type of apple is this... it's so refreshing," she thought, taking another bite. "Thank you," she expressed to Liam.

Liam grinned. "Then... can I kiss beauty as a reward?"

Lily looked at Liam and smiled. "No kiss!"

"Oh," Liam pouted handsomely.

Seeing Liam's cute side, Lily found it difficult to suppress her laughter and fight the urge to rub his head.