"Not this time." Mira replied. They were near the pride, the lion king’s home to be exact. All Ming Tao could think about was breasts. Mira’s breasts.

There was just something about being in the Lion clan that messed with his reasoning whenever it came to Mira. At least, the terrible part that led to his resistance was over. But ever since he no longer saw her as a demon, he began to see her as a woman. As something more. . . As a wife. His wife.

Mira smacked her palm across his face. This jolted Ming Tao out of his reverie. The smack was not painful and heavy yet it stung a little bit. "Put me in the bed, we have reached the nursery." Mira said.

"Yes, supreme leader." Ming Tao chorused. He placed Mira’s weight on the big bed in the nursery and ensured she was comfortable before stepping to the side.

"My babies, Jia Hao." Mira called sweetly. The bossy tone she used when communicating with Ming Tao was switched to a more loving one when she spoke with Jia Hao.

Jia Hao went to the baby cribs. His children were all awake. The lion babies giggled in their father’s hands. They stretched their hands up to reach for him while safely tucked in fur. As Jia Hao brought each baby to their mother, guilt panged at Ming Tao. He tortured one of these ones and he would have made them go the rest of their lives without a mother out of rage and the desperation to prove a point.

They would not be tasting their mother’s milk right now and the entire clans would have been ridden with even greater risk of extinction. This made his stomach churn. Watching Mira rock every child and play with them and laugh and smile before putting their little mouths on her nipples made Ming Tao devastated. He almost tooo her ability to be a mother from her and almost made these innocent ones motherless. Ming Tao swallowed. He did not deserve to be in the pride after what he did. He did not deserve to even watch them or come close to them. He did not deserve the pardon Mira gave him, nor was his punishment as being her slave enough. Yet, this woman he once called a demon let him stay and witness these events.

Ming Tao diverted his eyes to his hands. He felt more like a demon now. These hands almost got bloodied with innocent beasts blood. He almost became the murderer of his own mate.

"Hey! Quit standing there and become useful!" Mira chimed. She was referring to Ming Tao. Ming Tao raised his head up.

She had two lion babies snuggled against her body as they sucked her breasts. She was feeding. But for some weird reason, Mira looked so damn attractive exhibiting her motherly duties that he felt a pull towards her.

"Don’t just stare at me. You’ve never seen breasts before?" Mira questioned. Her voice was slightly raised as she called to him.

Ming Tap cleared his throat. He had seen breasts before. He just hadn’t seen hers way too exposed with two babies sucking them. It made his cheeks change hue. Something about that made him wish to be the babies. Ming Tao cleared his throat. "What do you need me to do?" He asked.

"Get me some warm water. Ensure it is drinkable water as well as suitable for bathing. I think one of my cubs pooped and I want you to clean it."

The attraction immediately snapped out of Ming Tao’s head as he heard the word poop.

"Eh? Why should I take care of it? I am not their father." He blurted out without thinking. Jia Hao glared at him and so did Mira.

"But you are their step father and my slave so as far as I am concerned, you will do all the nasty work. Now go!" Mira stated.

The smell of poop filled the room. It was hell to be in the nursery now.

"Jia Hao, take your son and go wipe his buttocks before I bathe you with his poop!" Mira ordered.

Jia Hao held unto his child from the part of the fur skin that wrapped around the cub’s feet, holding the baby upside down.

If both her hands were not occupied by her babies, Mira would have smacked her forehead. "Yeah, hold him upside down so the poop can run down his entire body. Bravo father of the year!" She snapped.

Jia Hao immediately turned his baby around down but held him away from his nose by the neck. The baby stunk.

Mira would do anything for some baby wipes and kit and pampers right now but she had none.

"Is that how you hold your own heir, Jia Hao? Unbelievable!" Mira yelled. "Or is it because he did not come out from your hole?! Hold that baby properly or I will send you back into your mother’s ass and drag you out myself!" She yelled again, this time, her voice louder. Mira had just six children yet it seemed like she had eight. These men were clueless and they have lived with more animal babies than she had and she wondered who did all the work if they did not know what taking care of babies entailed.

Jia Hao did not hold his baby any closer to himself. Instead, he put a hand on his nostrils to block the scent out. Ming Tao just stood there. This ticked Mira off so badly.

"I swear, if you both do not start moving this instant!!" She ranted.

"Sorry!" Ming Tao stated. "What do you need me to bring again?"

Mira sighed. "Water. Preferably warm and some cloth to wipe my babies asses clean. A new pair of fur. Freshly cut leaves for a good scent and meet the mid wives for a powdered mix of herbs good for new borns." Mira said. "Stay longer out there and the next thing smelly about this place will be the poop on your face." Mira warned.

Ming Tao made a face. He did not need to think twice. "Got it." He said and left. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Now, just Jia Hao, the poopy baby and her stayed in the nursery. Mira sighed as she stared at her husband, her head shaking with disbelief. She finally muttered. "If anything happens to our baby with the way you’re holding him, you will give birth to a brand new one."