Book Of The Dead - Chapter 17: Next Steps

Elia is a poor university student until the night she’s taken to the world of the Anima—ruled by humans whose ancient hearts pulse with the blood of animals. There she’s forced into a battle to the death. But when Elia survives, and refuses to kill her final opponent, the King must either kill Elia himself, or take her as his mate.

Reth, the brutal King of the Beasts with the blood of lions, shocks everyone when he chooses the weak, human Elia to become his Queen. He promises her every comfort of his wealth and position—but he is clear: She will not warm his bed. He chose her to defeat those that were trying to corner him into blending his Leonine line with the Wolves.

Elia needs the help of the Anima to become stronger and rule them well. But the vengeful Wolves see only a weak human that brought them shame. As Elia and Reth grow closer, the wolves are determined to destroy her. Will Reth and Elia admit their feelings for each in time to fight for the Kingdom—and their lives—against the villainous wolf-tribe? Or will the wolves kill Elia and steal the throne?

[Mature content - no sexual violence]

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He stalked towards her, chin low so the shadow cast by his hard jaw cut across the thick fur collar of his vest. His hair had fallen over his eyes in the scuffle, so he peered at her through it like a lion in the grass. With each step, his graceful, rolling gait reminded her of a predator stalking its prey. Despite the forest floor littered in twigs and leaves, he didn’t make a sound.

“Wh-who are you?” Elia stammered, backing away, her hands up. He met her step for step until she came up hard against the tree behind her—and didn’t stop until he loomed over her, so broad his shoulders and chest made a wall in front of her. She could feel the heat rising off his skin in the cool, night air.

“I am the Leonine King.” His voice was a dark, husky gravel. Behind him a chorus of wheezes, howls, and chirps of agreement rose from the people watching. “And you are?”

“Elia,” she breathed.

“Elia,” he growled, leaning in closer, bringing with him the scent of pine and rain and the musk of something distinctly male. “I am Reth.” He said the name with a strange, guttural roll in his throat. “I am King of Beasts. I am Clan Leader, and I am Alpha of WildWood.” Several snarls rose from the crowds behind him then, but he ignored them.

Elia swallowed as he leaned in until the scruff on his jaw rasped her cheek. “I am the King,” he said, “And you will be my mate.”

The forest behind him erupted.

The Imperial Court of Tang Empire became dim and corrupt. The Emperor believed eunuchs. The officials vied with each other for authority. The Tang Empire was about to collapse. The flouring Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism eyed it covetously. The three sects wanted to contend for the domination of the whole world. Which one would win in the end? Or would they coexist peacefully at last? Armies of different nations invaded the frontier on all sides. People and the whole world were in extreme misery. Who could save them?

Song Dingding has become a vicious female supporting actress with deep scheming in an abusive essay.
The main reason was because of jealousy of the fascinated little junior sister. After taking credit for the junior sister, he framed the junior sister and the demon domain fornicating, so that the junior sister was severely punished and expelled from the Tianzongmen by the male master.
The little sister was tortured and died
With the help of the second male and the third male, he returned to Tianzongmen, publicly exposed the original owner’s conspiracy, and personally smashed the original owner to ashes
When Song Dingding passed by, the younger sister had already been expelled from the teacher’s door and her face was disfigured. She showed people with a veil all day.
System: The male lead is immortal, the second male is gentle and affectionate, the third male is paranoid and gloomy, the host’s task is to guide…
Song Dingding: Strategies for the second and third male protagonists?
System: No, it’s the Raiders Junior Sister.
Song Dingding:  …
This is fucking outrageous
In order to survive, Song Dingding disguised as a man, while frantically boosting his favorability in front of the younger sister, while preventing the younger sister from falling in love with the second and third male protagonists.
The male protagonist gave the little sister a sacrificial elixir
Song Dingding grabbed the little junior sister’s hand and was heartbroken: “He can’t accept your current appearance, he doesn’t really love you.”
The second man gave the little sister a papaya and crucian carp soup to nourish her body
Song Dingding grabbed the little junior sister’s hand and gritted his teeth: “He must have disliked you for having a flat chest. He doesn’t really love you.”
The third male gave the little sister a token of love for the mandarin duck purse
Song Dingding grabbed the younger sister’s hand and sighed: “These two mandarin ducks are males. He clearly treats you as a brother, but he doesn’t really love you.”
The little junior sister cooperated very well: “I understand, A Ding is the one who really loves me.”
Everything went smoothly until Song Dingding completed the task and changed into women’s clothes and was about to escape, when he was caught by the little junior sister.
Song Dingding hugged the younger sister’s thigh, crying and repenting: “I’m sorry, it’s all my fault, I lied to you, I’m not a man…”
The little sister raised her jaw with a sword, and in a low and lazy voice, said with a casual smile: “It’s okay, I am.”
Women disguised as men, rants, counseling and arrogant, senior sister X men disguised as women, prosperous beauty, black moonlight, sickly charming ‘little junior sister’
Demining: [Highlight: The male protagonist’s women’s clothing in the early stage, the real, the white and the black, the sickly villain]
Weibo Jinjiang Sweet Cabbage
1. Male and female main sc, this article is a bg romance
2. There is a private setting in the Xiuxian world, and the sand sculpture style of Mary Su
3. Update every night at nine o’clock, if there is something, I will ask for leave in the copywriting

Content tags: Xianxia Cultivation Women’s Matching System Women disguised as men
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