Faelyn died at twenty-seven because a deer went feral and decided she was the enemy.

Waking up in a world where drop-dead gorgeous men turn into leopards and panthers should've been a fantasy come true. Except two rival chiefs are fighting over her like she's the last meal on earth, and a system named "Puffball" won't stop laughing at her predicament.

One minute she's wrangling zoo animals, the next she's stuck between two beast clans forced to build their villages around the only surviving water source after a brutal drought. Cooperation or extinction: nature's cruelest group project.

The problem? She's the fated mate of both chiefs.

Roshan, the golden Leopard Chief, is bright-eyed and affectionate, already mentally decorating their future den. One smile and he's planning twelve cubs.

Nyx, the brooding Panther Chief, is possessive and dramatic, fully prepared to murder anyone who breathes near her. Including Roshan. ESPECIALLY Roshan.

Then Puffball grants her one invasive gift: the ability to hear their unfiltered thoughts.

~Roshan's brain: "She smiled at me! Time to hunt ten rabbits and start building a nursery..."~

~Nyx's brain: "That spotted idiot touched her hand again. Truce or not, I'm going to..."~

Using zookeeper instincts and the world's most unhinged spoiler system, Faelyn has to survive beastworld politics, food shortages, jealous rivals, and two apex predators who can't share.

She's just trying to keep everyone alive, stop a clan war, and not become dinner.

But when both alphas start thinking about forever and cubs, Faelyn realizes survival isn't her only problem.

It's why Puffball keeps giggling every time she insists she's only choosing one mate.

The real question is: Can she survive what they're really thinking about her?

Roshan's mind: ฅᨐฅ'See? She's suspicious too. I'm not crazy. She feels it too. The wrongness. The too-convenient timing.'ฅᨐฅ


"And he wants to help me with arts and crafts."


[OH THIS IS BULLSHIT, FUR!] Puffball's voice exploded in her mind like a bomb going off, high-pitched and absolutely FURIOUS. [THIS IS COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLSHIT!]


[NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! I REFUSE TO BE CALM ABOUT THIS!] The volume somehow increased, which shouldn't be possible inside her own head. [THIS IS THE MOST OBVIOUS TRAP IN THE HISTORY OF TRAPS! THIS IS A TRAP SO OBVIOUS IT'S INSULTING! THIS IS A TRAP THAT COMES WITH A NEON SIGN SAYING "DEFINITELY A TRAP"!]


[NO PUFFBALL PLEASE! PUFFBALL PANIC! PUFFBALL SCREAMING INTERNALLY! WHICH YOU SHOULD BE TOO!]


"Faelyn?" Roshan's voice pulled her attention back, though she could still hear Puffball ranting in the background like an angry tea kettle. "Are you alright?"


Chapter 72 - The Right Validation