Bab 43: Pack of Wolves

Long Cheng's eyes gazed at her intensely, a fierce, and hungry look in them, as he slowly stepped closer to her. By just staring at her like this felt that she was being cornered with no way out.

Like a predator stalking its prey who was now standing frozen as confused on what was going on. Not knowing and understanding make anyone scared, even her. 'I need to think straight. I need to get away from him…'

Lu Meili's expression probably gave away her current thought because Long Cheng lifted his chin as if challenging her to try to escape.

"You… You…" Lu Meili wanted to cringe as her response sound so stupid. But she was so confused. 'What do you mean to touch? Where? Does he mean here?' Her silent questions brought different scenarios and possibilities into her mind.

'Isn't that a good chance to get his specimen?'

Lu Meili subconsciously shifted her gaze to their surroundings, making sure that no one else was around. Then, her face reddened on the realization that she was silently anticipating what he would do next.

In addition to that, she could not help but remember some of the erotic scenes from Lulu's visual screen earlier, appearing inside her head.

Lu Meili shook her head and breathed deeply. 'This dragon is messing with my head. I need to relax and think.'

"You! Stay away from me for now." Lu Meili finally said before turning around, and she ran as fast as she could. She also used magic to boost her speed and to help her get away from him.

Lu Meili did not know where she was going. She was only following her instincts at that moment. Her NanoGen Lulu was busy trailing, scanning for her ruby pendant and could not be bothered to be used and make sure her mate was not chasing after her.

There was no need to ask Lulu because the footsteps that she heard behind her were enough to confirm that he was still chasing after her.

She sprinted faster. Lu Meili jumped from tree to tree. Her initial plan was to go back to the trail where she went before and saw if her pendant fell there somewhere.

Lu Meili decided to make a little detour as she could feel him getting closer. Just then, Lu Meili spotted a pack of thunder wolves not far along. The wolves have spiky and light blue furs. They were feasting on another beast at that time. She then grinned as she quickly picked a couple of tiny stones before moving closer to the pack.

"Meili! What are you doing?! Stay away from there. " Long Cheng finally lost his patience and yelled. He was enjoying the chase, thus not using all his strength to run after her. But now she had decided to go somewhere dangerous.

"I want their pelts!" Lu Meili answered without looking back at him.

"I can get them for you! Don't get closer to them!" There may be a hierarchy of the beast kingdom. Even with authority though, any being or creature was bound to get upset if disturbed during a mealtime. Especially a pack of wolves, almost a hundred, who all survived the deadly life in the thunder forest on a daily basis.

Lu Meili did not listen and continued running.

Finally, he sprinted seriously. Despite knowing that Lu Meili could take care of herself, he still could not help but worry.

They were so close to the wolfpack now, and most of the beasts got distracted with their presence. Angry pairs of wolf eyes were gazing at them, ready to sprint and attack at any time for being disturbed.

"Shit!" Long Cheng ran faster, and he was so close, Lu Meili. He was hoping to grab her before she could get nearer to the wolf pack.

'Why is she so fast?!' He whined. It was so easy to be happy and proud of his mate's capabilities. Not now.

Of course, it was her job to make his life more difficult. That was because Lu Meili decided not to get caught by jumping left and right, in a spiral motion.

"Damn it!" He cursed in frustration. Not only because of Lu Meili being difficult but also because the wolves were already moving towards them, forgetting their meal.

Long Cheng did not stop running after her. Finally, he got just an arm's reach away from her.

However, before he could grab Lu Meili, she suddenly jumped sideways. She then stepped on a tiny branch and used it as a leverage to jump higher.

When she was high enough, Lu Meili stopped on a sturdy branch and started throwing stones.

"I can take care of them! Just stay there!" He said as he thought that Lu Meili was helping him distract the wolves. However, the wolves kept on coming. Thought, they were not enough to hurt or kill him. But they were wasting his time.

Wasting… Delaying…

"Meili!"