Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144: Chapter 144: The Coldest Night (I)

Swan entered the carriage specifically prepared to keep her warm, followed by Gale, who wanted to accompany her as usual. She was covered from head to toe as the temperature dropped even further when it started getting dark.

She glanced at Gale, who was only wearing pants and wasn’t bothered by the cold at all, and asked, "A-are you sure you don’t need to wear something warm? I don’t want you to get sick while in the cave later."

Gale chuckled, "My body is naturally immune to cold. I’m more worried about you. Since we haven’t even headed to the southwest, and you’re already shaking."

"I-I’m fine. J-just go now before it’s getting too dark," Swan said as she tried to muffle her chattering teeth.

Gale sighed. He was still torn between forcing Swan to stay in the castle or begging her to accompany him in the cave. His logic told him to let her stay, but his heart told him to bring her with him.

However, since Swan had made up her mind, all he could do was toss his logic away for this night and hope that everything went well until the next morning.

The carriage left the kingdom when it was already dark.

Gale could’ve just carried Swan into the cave, but it would have been way too cold for her, so they had to go manually with a carriage. Besides, it was nice to be huddled together with Swan inside before he had to undergo a painful rut for the whole night.

Swan rested her head on Gale’s arm as she felt both cold and sick, but she maintained her composure. She didn’t want to show any sign of being tired or ill, because it would make her husband worry.

The journey to the southwest cave took longer than she expected, and the road was bumpy. Thus, Swan fell asleep for a while until Gale woke her up once they had arrived.

"We’re here, Sweetheart," Gale said as he gently rubbed her head.

"Mmh? Is it morning already?" Swan asked as she dozed off. She looked at her husband and saw him chuckling.

"It’d be nice if the night passed while you were asleep, but it’s still two hours before midnight. We are finally here," Gale replied. "We have to get ready. Blaze and other soldiers are preparing everything for us in the cave right now."

Swan nodded. She turned her head and saw a few figures standing in the dark not far from the carriage. It was made clear that they were beastmen soldiers when one of them lit up a torch, followed by the others until she could see what kind of cave she would be staying with Gale tonight.

It was a big cave, probably used by travelers to rest, or maybe it was used by a big mama bear and her cubs before Gale had to use it.

She felt a little guilty if that was the case, so she asked, "Mm... that cave doesn’t seem abandoned. Are you sure there’s nobody in there?"

"It was a cave used by a bear beastmen and her cubs before, but they are currently living in the kingdom. They told me about their old cave, which is quite secluded and safe, so we can use it," Gale explained. "Why do you ask? Is it not to your liking?"