​The two beasts who had acted like they were on top of the world while stirring her insides and crushing her walls were now kneeling in the middle of the cave, arms raised straight above their heads like shamed schoolboys.

If anyone saw them, their reputation would be ruined. But they could not not do it when they had made their mate so mad to the point that fire was burning in her eyes.

Even looking at the state she was in, they could see what they did wrong.

​"Sorry, Hana," they chorused, their voices echoing off the clean walls.

​"Shut up. I don’t want to hear shit from you," she barked, though she winced as the movement made her lower back throb. "You two are beasts. Literally. Do you have any idea what it means to hold back? When to stop? And do you have any idea what hygiene is? Clearly not since Caspain was living in this slob of a den before I arrived. But then again, do you think I’m a doll for you to just dump your ’seeds’ into and leave to rot? It’s disgusting!"

​"We just wanted to feed the little dragon..." Caspian muttered, looking at the floor.

​"Feed it? You nearly drowned it!" Hana retorted. "Don’t blame the unborn child for your inability to control yourselves."

She tried to stand, but her knees buckled instantly. She would have hit the floor if she hadn’t caught herself on a nearby crate.

​The sight of her trembling and inability to stand straight made both males flinch. They wanted to reach out, to catch her, but the icy glare she shot at them kept them pinned to the spot.

​"You stayed up all night ’claiming’ me, and now I can’t even walk to the lake to wash this filth off," she hissed. "And I am hungry. I am so hungry I could eat a Boar whole. Caspian," Caspian flinched. "Raiden." Raiden flinched. "If I do not see food and hot water in the next ten minutes, I am going to find a way to reset this bond and leave you both."

​"We’ll get it! Everything!" Raiden scrambled to stay in his kneeling position while shuffling his feet. "Fruit? Meat? The Boar Alpha? Just tell us!"

​"I want roasted meat. Not raw, bloody chunks. And I want the cave cleaned again because I can smell you both everywhere," she demanded, her stomach letting out a roar that was louder than Caspian’s growl.

​She looked at her system window, her vision blurring slightly from low blood sugar. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

> ​[WARNING: PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION DETECTED]

> [HUNGER LEVEL: CRITICAL]

> Current Balance: -1,204,380

Yeah, no kidding. I’m sure I can’t feel the hunger or exhaustion, and need you to remind me. She hissed at the system’s message.

She was annoyed. Beyond Annoyed like someone having a bad mood swing because her husband didn’t close the toilet seat when she asked him to

​"I had a plan today," she whispered to herself, leaning heavily against the crate and her knuckles turning white from the force grip. "I was going to go with the Boar Alpha to check where they found these crates. I was going to move the progress bar. But you two fucking beasts ruined it!" She flared, her voice sounding hurt and frustrated at the same time.

They flinched once again, feeling the rage in her voice and the pain that came with it. And then they began to wonder, maybe they pushed her a little too hard.

Hana looked at the two idiots kneeling before her. They looked truly pathetic, their shoulders hunched over, hands reaching for the ceiling.

She took in a deep breath and let it out.

It wasn’t ruined yet. It wasn’t all ruined. She just had to rest for a bit, eat to her fill, and then once she’s better, she’ll set out.

No big deal there.

This isn’t the first time a plan has failed because of two unplanned variables. She could just... improvise the plan a little. No need to get emotional.

Once she got her emotions in check, she finally spoke.

​"Raiden, go get the Boars. Tell them to bring the softest fruits and the cleanest water because this place needs to be cleaned again. Caspian... You." She pointed a shaking finger at the Dragon. "You are going to use that ’steaming body’ of yours to heat water for me on that stone basin the board brought as a tribute to store water last night." She instructed. "If it’s too cold, I’ll bite you. If it’s too hot, I’ll bite you harder. Now, both of you, move."

​"Yes, Hana!"

​They scrambled to their feet to get on with their assigned tasks.

The morning was no longer about romance or primal bonds; it was about the survival of the two mates who had forgotten that their Queen was still, technically, a fragile human.

​As she sat back down on the furs, waiting for her ’servants’ to provide, Hana felt a sharp sting on her pride. She had endured them, yes. She had proven her strength. But it had hurt her pride so much that they had done this to her.

How could she have let this happen? How did she let this happen?

She grabbed her hair, fussing over it when she recalled the reaction her body made when she tried to stop them after one kiss.

Her body had burned, and her senses became foggy, craving the touch of her mates.

Yes, it wasn’t my fault. It was because of the stupid primal bond that the system forced on me. She clicked her tongue irritably. I’m never letting them do anything to me. If a simple kiss can trigger this, I should refrain from petting them too much.

But it seemed like the world, or the system rather, had other plans. The blue window flickered to life before her eyes with a resounding ding.

> [WARNING: Continuous copulation is needed in order to provide the fetus with enough nutrients]

Hana’s face squeezed in as she stared at these words written to her.

"The fuck!"