Chapter 3

"You have now received your respective identities. You may return to your own territories."

The Beast God's voice rang out, and Lydia and I fell into our respective bodies. At this moment, we had just finished forming bonds with our males.

Lydia swayed her waist as she walked toward the three beastmen she bonded with. The three males looked at her with intense possessiveness in their eyes.

The other males present gazed at Lydia and her companions with envious eyes. But they couldn't compete with these three males at all.

They were the tribe's white tiger, Marcus Stone, black lion, Damian Hunter, and eagle, Kieran Swift. In the face of absolute power, the others could only stare at this delicate female in a daze.

Meanwhile, behind me stood a wolf with one eye, an eagle that couldn't fly, and a harmless-looking cat. As for me, I was a white wolf. I looked with satisfaction at my sharp claws and fangs.

Among the wolf tribe, white wolves held supreme status. However, among the beastkin tribes, such females weren't popular.

Lydia looked at everyone's infatuation with her, satisfaction in her eyes. When it came to me, the beastmen showed only disdain. So, I was assigned these three least desirable defective males.

But Lydia didn't realize that true allies would never wish for your weakness.

I looked at the three beastmen before me and calmly led them back to our territory. Seeing my indifferent attitude, the three beastmen felt uneasy inside. They couldn't transform, and even their animal forms were defective.

They followed carefully behind me, as if afraid of angering me.

After returning to the cave, I frowned. The cave was cold, damp, and dark. For me, it wasn't a good place to live.

"Wait inside. I'll be back soon."

Perhaps because this body still carried some human habits, I instinctively disliked such dark and damp places. When I returned to the cave with firewood and prey, my eyes shone with delight. This body's strength and speed exceeded my imagination.

I was certain my power wasn't inferior to Lydia's three males.

When I entered the cave, I discovered it seemed to have been tidied up. The hard stone bed was covered with soft, dry grass and animal hides. There were even small flowers placed on the stone table.

The three beastmen looked at me with somewhat unreadable emotions in their eyes. I tossed the prey in front of them, and they swallowed nervously as they looked at me.

"You can eat. I'll eat later."

I wasn't fond of eating raw meat, so I built a fire to the side. I tore off a piece and began roasting it.

They looked at me with some astonishment in their eyes. Generally speaking, in their former tribe, even when they handed over prey, they weren't entitled to the first bite of food.

What remained for them was usually leftovers or spoiled meat. They would've never gotten something so fresh.

Seeing them motionless for so long, I felt puzzled and carried over the meat I'd roasted on the stick. "Do you want cooked meat?"

"No, you are our bonded one. This food was hunted by you, so we should wait until you've eaten before you grant it to us."

The one-eyed wolf spoke with a complex expression.

I shook my head and told them, "We don't need to follow those rules here. From now on, I'll need your help when hunting anyway.

"My name is Ella Miller. If you need anything from me in the future, you can tell me directly."

The three males looked at me. Something unreadable flashed through their eyes.

"My name is Soren Cross. These two are Adrian Vale and Caspian White. They can't speak yet, so Ella, if you need anything, just tell me."

I didn't know if it was from the hunting trip or because I still wasn't used to this body. I just felt extraordinarily tired and weak.

"I'm going to rest first. If you're hungry, eat. If you can, please help watch the fire."

After speaking, I found a spot in the cave and fell into a deep sleep. Little did I know that after confirming I was asleep, Adrian's and Caspian's gazes turned cold as they looked at me.

They reached their claws toward me. When they were only inches away, Soren blocked their path in front of me.

"Soren, what are you doing? Have you forgotten how she abandoned us in our previous life? Now that she's back, I want nothing more than to tear her apart!"

If I were awake, I would have discovered that Adrian and Caspian could already speak human words.

"She's not her." Something dark flashed through the wolf's one and only eye.