Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 629 I am a Rabbit-Eared Clan 47

The yurt was filled with the aroma of roasted meat and the bitterness of herbs, mixed with the lingering scent of passion from the animal hide rugs.

Yun Chu curled up in the blanket, the tiger clan mark on her lower back gleaming with a faint golden light—the remnants of her silver-flame beast power, like a brand burned by flames, faintly warm. (A tiger clan's mate mark is only given to someone they have chosen in their heart, and it is unique.)

Yin Yan knelt beside the low couch, holding a piece of crispy roasted snow deer leg meat between his fingertips, and offered it to her lips: "Be good, open your mouth."

His voice was incredibly soft, and even his tiger tail restrained its strength, only daring to loosely wrap around her ankles, afraid of further agitating her.

Ke Yun Chu turned her head, and her collarbone, with the bite mark still visible, slid out from under the blanket with the movement. Yin Yan's eyes darkened, and he swallowed hard, suppressing his instincts.

"Does it still hurt?" He suddenly leaned down, his tongue gently licking the mark on the side of her neck, his beastly power seeping into her skin like warm water.

Yun Chu trembled all over and finally glared at him: "You...you these past few days..." but her voice was hoarse and incoherent.

Yin Yan chuckled and took the opportunity to stuff a piece of meat between her teeth: "I went too far." He wiped the oil stains from the corner of her lips with his rough fingertips, then scooped up a spoonful of honey water and fed it to her, "But you bit me quite hard when you marked me." As he spoke, he tore open the collar of his animal skin coat, revealing a ring of red teeth marks on his shoulder.

Yun Chu's ears burned. That night, she was pushed to the limit and indeed bit him fiercely, even tearing half of the fur off his tail.

But now... fresh berries and herbs are piled up in the corner of the yurt, and carved bone bowls are placed on the low table—all of which are Yin Yan's clumsy attempts to please her these past few days.

She finally took a small bite of the food he offered, and the tip of Silver Flame's tail immediately slapped the ground joyfully, its pupils shrinking to slits: "Eat some more, you've used up too much of your beastly strength." He soothed her by stroking her back with his fingertips, but was slapped away hard when he touched her lower back.

"Don't touch me tonight!" Yun Chu wrapped the blanket tighter around herself.

Yin Yan narrowed his eyes and suddenly pulled her and the blanket into his arms, his fangs lightly brushing against her earlobe: "You have no choice... the partner mark makes me want to confirm ownership every night."

As dusk settled outside the window, his whisper, mingled with his hot breath, said, "But this time, I'll put you on top."

The animal-hide curtain of the yurt swayed slightly in the night breeze, and Yin Yan's arms, like iron hoops, locked Yun Chu's waist, lifting her up in his arms.

Yun Chu gasped in surprise, her legs instinctively wrapping around his waist, her fingertips gripping the unhealed scratches on his shoulder blades—the marks left three days ago when he pinned her against the ice crystal wall and she lost control.

"Let me go... um!" The protest was silenced by Yin Yan's lips.

This kiss was much gentler than usual. The tiger's fangs carefully avoided her soft lips and tongue, slowly dismantling her resistance with only a passionate embrace.

Yun Chu's struggles gradually turned into rapid breathing. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yin Yan pinned her against the low table. The honey water in the bone bowl rippled due to the vibration, reflecting the two intertwined figures.

Silver Flame's palm touched the companion mark on her lower back, and the pale gold lines suddenly lit up.

Yun Chu felt a burning current rush up her spine to the top of her head. The tingling sensation of being forcibly connected with the beast power made her arch her back—this was the tiger clan's unique "spiritual contract resonance," where the marked partner would generate a beast power cycle upon touching.

Yin Yan, panting, bit her earlobe: "Can you feel it? Your beastly power is actively responding to me."

Yun Chu was filled with shame and indignation when she discovered that her body was pressing against him against her will.

Once marked, tigers can sense even the slightest emotional arousal in their mates, and Silverflame was clearly taking advantage of this. He deliberately rubbed the tip of his tail against the most sensitive spot on the sole of her foot, causing her toes to curl: "Bastard...you cheated..."

"I promised you'd be on top." Yin Yan suddenly leaned back on the blanket, his tiger tail wrapped around Yun Chu's ankle and pulled her up. In a dizzying moment, she was straddling his waist.

He lazily spread his hands, revealing the unhealed bite marks on his neck: "Take revenge however you like."

Moonlight streamed through the skylight in the felt roof, coating his silvery eyelashes with a layer of icy, shimmering light, yet the desire surging in his eyes was more dangerous than his heat.

Yun Chu placed her hand on his chest, feeling his heart pounding like thunder beneath her palm. She suddenly leaned down and, mimicking his usual manner, licked his Adam's apple, listening with satisfaction to Yin Yan's sudden, heavy breathing.

But when she looked up triumphantly, she was met with a pair of completely beast-like vertical pupils—he had already secretly loosened her belt with his tail.

Silver Flame instantly flipped over, enveloping her in shadow...

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. It was Yin Yan's estrus period, and Yun Chu's rabbit-eared tribe was also very fertile, so Yun Chu became pregnant.

The yurt was filled with the sweet scent of herbs and honey. Yun Chu curled up on a low couch covered with snow fox fur, her fingertips unconsciously rubbing her lower abdomen—where a slight bulge had already appeared.

The rabbit-eared tribe has a shorter gestation period than other tribes. In just two months, her waistline is already rounded, and her beastly strength becomes exceptionally sensitive due to the presence of the fetus.

Yin Yan squatted by the fire pit, clumsily stirring a pot of milky white bone broth.

The tiger's claws, which should have been used to tear apart its prey, were now carefully gripping a wooden spoon, its tail taut as if afraid of a single tiger hair falling into the soup.

He scooped up a spoonful, blew on it, and brought it to Yun Chu's lips: "I added snow ginseng and honey dates, which can replenish beast strength." His voice was extremely low, as if afraid of disturbing the life in her womb.

Just as Yun Chu was about to speak, she suddenly covered her mouth and began to gag.

Silver Flame's pupils contracted sharply, its tail bristled, and it pulled her into its arms, placing its palm on the mate mark on her lower back. A warm current of pale golden beastly energy flowed into her meridians: "Feeling unwell again? I'll go call Jianyan—"

"Shut up!" Yun Chu bit his wrist in anger.

After confirming Yun Chu's pregnancy, Yin Yan's behavior became almost neurotic:

He strictly forbade Yun Chu from stepping more than ten steps out of the yurt, and even when she tried to pick berries, he simply used his tail to carry her back to the couch.

Every night, he would lick the mark on her lower back with the tip of his tongue to confirm that the fetus's strength was stable.

The other day, she dragged back a live snow deer and insisted that she step over its back to "ward off evil"—but the startled deer antlers tore her cloak.

The unique physical condition of the rabbit-eared tribe caused Yun Chu to experience exceptionally strong reactions during her pregnancy.

She often became exhausted from absorbing the beast's power during fetal development, so Yin Yan would keep her in his arms all night, replenishing her strength with his own beast power.

Last night, she inexplicably burst into tears and said, "The child will be as fierce as you." Yin Yan panicked and cut off a lock of his silver hair to make a bracelet and tie it to her wrist: "If this little brat dares to scare you, I'll tie him up with this and beat him."

As dusk fell, Silverflame would wrap her in animal hides like a cocoon and carry her to the ice cliff to watch the aurora. His hands would always protect her abdomen, while his tiger tail would quietly hook around her ankles—this was the tiger clan's instinct to assert dominance, and also his unspeakable fear.

“If it’s a tigress cub,” he suddenly said in a low voice, “I’ll teach her to hunt. If it’s a rabbit…” He paused, his fangs lightly tapping the top of her head, “I’ll pluck all the grass off the entire ice field and feed you both for the rest of your lives.”

Yun Chu chuckled. In the moonlight, she saw ice crystals clinging to Yin Yan's silvery-white eyelashes, while his usually fierce golden eyes were filled with a softer light than the spring breeze over the snowy plains.

Two days later, Shadow Hunter returned from Dragon City and told Silver Flame about his investigation results.

After Yun Chu became pregnant, she directly told Yin Yan about You's situation.

She asked him to help her find You, who was her brother and her benefactor.

Although Yin Yan was filled with jealousy, he still sent Ying Shou to Dragon City for the sake of Yun Chu and the child in her womb.