Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 232: Scent of a Male Cub

Gale didn’t sleep for the entire night.

Usually, he would be able to fall asleep quickly whenever he embraced his beloved.

But tonight, he felt that something was wrong with his wife.

’Why do I smell a strange scent around her? What is this?’ Gale pondered over and over. Normally, all of his senses were very strong, and it wasn’t difficult for him to detect anything, be it from scent, sound, or sight.

The very faint scent around Swan’s body was vastly different from her usual scent, and it gnawed at his heart due to curiosity and jealousy.

’Could it be that another man has been seeing my wife while I’m not around?’ Gale suspected. He took another sniff around her nape and knew very well this was the scent of a young male wolf. It was so faint that he couldn’t tell if it was just a male cub or something else.

’No, this isn’t the scent of an adult male wolf,’ Gale thought after a while. He felt slightly better since it quickly eliminated the idea of Swan seeing another man while he was away. He didn’t want to take a risk after his wife kept defending Rock Silverfang, even though that bastard truly deserved to die.

The more Swan defended Rock, the more Gale wanted to kill him.

This was definitely the scent of a male cub.

’Maybe a soldier or maid brought their cub to tour around the castle. Maybe Swan saw a wolf cub, and couldn’t help herself but hug him,’ Gale continued theorizing and soon felt guilty, as he knew how desperate Swan was to bear their offspring.

Gale had long let go of his desire to have a cub since he was practically immortal. There was no point in having an heir when he would be forever young for thousands or even millions of years to come.

But Swan was different. She got sad whenever their conversation would lead to the topic of having a cub or two. Gale would try to divert the topic, but the conversation would simply stop until they went to bed.

Gale was also confused about how to make his wife feel better about their situation. He already loved her unconditionally. He didn’t care about offspring, or if Swan would grow old eventually.

All he demanded was one thing from her; loyalty.

As long as Swan was loyal and honest to him, then he would never get angry at her.

’I should ban all children from entering the castle for now,’ Gale thought. ’That way Swan wouldn’t be sad whenever she saw a cub.’

Gale kissed Swan’s nape and embraced her from behind, ’I’m sorry, Sweetheart. I know it’s difficult for you, but even I am powerless against fate.’

Gale had been sending as many scouts as possible to find any lead about his fated mate. Just like what the white rabbit said, he wanted to find a woman with healing power, because healing magic was exclusive to those graced by the Goddess of the Sun.

Yet, no matter how hard Gale tried to find the said angel, he never found any lead to his fated mate.

It was as if his fated mate never existed in the first place.

’That stupid white rabbit said that my fated mate is a literal angel, but I only know a human with an angel’s heart...’ Gale thought as he hugged his wife tighter. He wanted to whisper these words but feared that Swan would wake up since she was a light sleeper. He could only say it in his heart, ’My sweet wife, you have the heart of an angel, so please show me your healing power, or grow a pair of wings.’

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Gale embraced Swan for the rest of the night until dawn came.

Usually, he would leave before dawn and patrol around the kingdom to get some fresh air. Sometimes he would go far to hunt an elephant or lion as a means of exercise and a quick meal, but not today.

He wasn’t in the mood to go anywhere. All he wanted was to stay in bed with her.

Meanwhile, Swan woke up at dawn. She could feel her usual morning sickness which had gotten worse as days went by, to the point it was difficult to handle.

Gale was still sleeping, so she decided to endure it until he woke up and left.

She waited and waited... until she couldn’t hold it anymore, and struggled to get up.

Gale frowned when his wife suddenly struggled to break free, "Wife? Are you alright?"

"I-I need to go to the bathroom!" Swan struggled as she tried to break free. freewebnoveℓ.com

Gale didn’t understand why she panicked over going to the bathroom.

"Alright, let me bring you to the bathroom."

"No need. I-I can do it on my own!"

Gale frowned even deeper, but he slowly let her go. Swan rushed to the bathroom using her crutches.

She slammed the door and began her routine.

Gale got up and walked to the bathroom door. He wanted to ask if she was alright until he heard her retching nonstop. He grew wary and asked, "Sweetheart, are you alright? I will call the doctor now."

"No need!" Swan refused. "I-I’m alright. I just ate something wrong last night."

"No, you’re not," Gale rebuked. "You ate a normal dinner with me. Something’s not right with you, Sweetheart."

Gale wanted to push the door open, but Swan yelled, "No! Don’t come in!"

Gale couldn’t wait anymore as he was dead worried about his wife. He pushed the door open, and saw his beloved on the bathroom floor, looking so pale and fragile after she vomited her guts out.

"Swan!" Gale rushed to carry her out of the bathroom. He put her back on the bed, but Swan kept trying to break free, "What’s wrong with you, Swan?!"

"I-I’m alright. I just need to stay in the bathroom..." Swan muttered as she tried to hold the urge to throw up. "Please carry me back to the bathroom, Gale."

"You need to answer me first! What happened to you?!"

Unfortunately, Swan couldn’t hold her retching anymore, and she vomited on her husband’s chest.