"I will rather die than trample your dignity."

The moment a pair of mindless golden eyes met a pair of fear-stricken obsidian ones, the holder of such ferocious eyes froze midway. When a set of sharp claws was about to scratch the slumped form of the trembling human beneath the beast, the monster alpha had stopped as if he was struck by a lightning bolt.

Ferocity. Insanity. Anxiety.

These emotions swirled inside the beast's eyes as he focused his gaze on the trembling mess before him.

"L-Lucien?" The sudden reprieve provided room for Sue to clear her chaotic mind. A knot lodged between her delicate brows as she observed the howling beastman hovering above her.

Amid the darkness that concealed his entire being from her, his bright set of golden eyes could not be mistaken. She indeed saw those emotions flickering beneath his savage gaze.

Howl!