Rhys Finch came back to his senses and said nonchalantly, "Oh yes, we formed a Contract. I'd almost forgotten."
Evangeline gave a dry laugh and whispered, "Your female... kicked the bucket?"
When a female died, under the rules of the Beast God Contract, her Beast Husband would suffer an identical backlash. There were only two possible outcomes: either he would be critically injured and on the verge of death, or his life force would be severed completely. The latter was far more common.
Of her several Beast Husbands, with the exception of Danton, each one hated her more intensely than the last, their killing intent palpable.
'Heh. Talk about a disastrous start.'
"Kicked the bucket?" Rhys Finch didn't understand the strange phrase, but combined with Evangeline's tone, it wasn't hard to guess its meaning.
