After Rebirth, She Chose Saintess — I Became the Beast Queen Chapter 08

After Rebirth, She Chose Saintess — I Became the Beast Queen Chapter 08

“They’re going to coat their claws with upas tree toxin,” Marcus said.

My eyes turned cold.

Luckily, this was a primeval forest teeming with herbs, and where poison grew, the antidote

was never far.

Our livestock program had also covered basic herbology. I remembered the cure for upas

toxin.

I told Corbin and Wyatt what the antidote looked like and sent them to find it quickly.

So when the poisoned beasts collapsed, gasping for air, Corbin returned shortly after with the

redstem fern.

The revived beasts looked at me with pure submission.

Sierra and her males became the most despised beings on the continent for using poison.

Her face turned gray. Her dream of being the Alpha’s Mate was shattered.

The crowd drove them out, and Sierra fled with her three males.

But I knew Sierra hadn’t given up. She was like a poisonous snake, hiding in the shadows.

To draw her out, I shifted into my human form.

I had only shifted briefly before. Now, seeing me clearly, the others caught their breath.

Sure enough, Sierra was hiding near the old poisonous swamp. She lunged at me.

How stupid could she be? Did she think the same trick would work on me twice?

I was a Feral One now. Her movements looked like they were playing in slow motion.

I dodged easily.

She lost her balance and fell into the swamp.

The black mud was corrosive. She struggled, screaming, but sank deeper.

“Save me! Elena, I’m sorry. I was wrong.”

I watched, unmoved. I didn’t move to help her.

I owed her nothing in this life or the last.

I had learned the lesson of the farmer and the viper long ago.

When I didn’t move, Sierra’s face twisted with venom. “Elena, why? Why do you get a better life than me? You stole everything from me! You should be the one dying!”

I looked at her with bitter mockery.

“Sierra, I don’t owe you. Being switched at birth wasn’t my fault. It was our parents’ mistake.”

“I was adopted. I never stole your place. I gave you everything you wanted. In both lives, you made your own choices. If anyone owes anyone, you owe me.”

Sierra’s face contorted with rage, but the swamp was already swallowing her voice along with her body. She could only watch as she dissolved into the black muck.

I watched her sink, my expression frozen.

“Come out,” I said. “Using your own female as a scapegoat. What kind of cowards are you?”

From the deep forest, Blaine, Dante, and Griffin stepped out.

When they saw me, their eyes burned with obsessive desire.

They quickly regained their composure, walked toward me gracefully, and knelt at my

feet.

“Great Alpha of the Wild, we only wish to be your mates. The Primal Spirit guided us to find

our Blessed Vessel. You look exactly like the goddess in our dreams…”

Before they could finish, Marcus knocked them to the ground.