[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd":3,"chapter-are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-43":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Are Beast Nobles Supposed to Be This Lewd?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1526395,1978,"Chapter 43: Between Guilt and Desire","are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-43",43,"\u003Cp>Mirabelle’s brain slowly began resuming its normal functions piece by piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While her body was still entirely occupied with the lingering aftershocks, the outside world suddenly crashed back into her senses all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, her awareness had been turned completely inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now everything around her felt painfully sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cool moonlight streaming through the windows into the hallway, making the white stone shimmer softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lanterns swaying gently overhead, casting shifting geometric patterns of light that constantly moved and danced across the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy scent of roses battling with the fresh sharpness of mint until both nearly overwhelmed her senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The salty smell of sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spicy scent of sex still clinging to both of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her own unsteady breathing, loud enough to drown out almost every other sound around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for Lucien’s low satisfied rumble that sounded dangerously close to a purr.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They almost seemed to glow from within now as he looked at her like she was the most precious thing in existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then suddenly, reality fully caught up with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were standing in a hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A public hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An openly accessible place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone could have walked past them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horrified, Mirabelle slapped both hands over her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened as she stared at the fox beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, finally...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it truly hit her what exactly had just happened between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She and Lucien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few hours after making out wildly with Silas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Oh my god. I’m a slut.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her knees nearly gave out beneath her, and Lucien immediately caught her by the waist to steady her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he interpreted the horror in her expression completely wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one could have seen us,\" he assured her calmly. \"My gift allows me to distort perception itself through illusion-based spatial manipulation. Anyone looking this way would’ve only seen an empty alcove.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he leaned closer and added in a quieter voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though admittedly... the actual view was far more beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heated flush on Mirabelle’s cheeks immediately shifted into rosy embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had absolutely no idea what she was supposed to say now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or how she was supposed to behave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This definitely had not been on her 2026 bingo card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>none of this world had been on her bingo card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had been one of the most intimate moments of her entire life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had happened unwillingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because Lucien had done something she didn’t want.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because this entire situation was never something she would have consciously initiated herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I am never drinking random beverages again.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She made the mental note immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then brief flashbacks of what she had felt moments ago overwhelmed her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In that moment, I would have done anything. And let him do anything to me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ashamed, she looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you... for not going further.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was barely above a whisper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Lucien would’ve preferred hearing how incredible he had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the fact that she acknowledged his restraint already felt strangely satisfying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could tell she felt overwhelmed now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unsure how to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully, he reached out and tilted her chin back toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would never do something you truly don’t want,\" he said quietly. \"Even if you begged me for it while you weren’t in the right state of mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirabelle genuinely couldn’t decide whether that statement was sweet or deeply overbearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did this suddenly feel like they were dating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really couldn’t separate sexual intimacy from emotional attachment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Does that mean I’m somehow dating both Silas and Lucien now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I just cheat on Silas?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thoughts spiraled violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew this society worked differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew the males fully expected females to have multiple partners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to her modern brain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what she had just done still felt dangerously close to betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if, in that moment, she genuinely hadn’t been capable of resisting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucien noticed the way the color slowly drained from her face and immediately understood that something deeper was troubling her now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So gently, he suggested they step outside for some fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually so self-assured, Lucien suddenly found himself worrying that she might send him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t uncommon for females to test males first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had genuinely believed he could convince her through tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And admittedly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his instincts had gotten somewhat out of control as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, for the first time in years, he found himself afraid she simply hadn’t liked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he guided her toward one of the balconies connected to the dining hall, the lynx female remained silent beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with every second, his anxiety grew worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Externally, he still looked like the elegant, faintly feminine son of a Duchess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside him, however, a storm raged violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Mirabelle stepped through the large balcony doors, she felt surrounded by a sea of stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The darkness wrapped around her soothingly, almost like an embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cool night air brushed across her overheated skin while simultaneously drying the thin sheen of sweat still clinging to her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fresh scent of forest calmed her senses immediately and finally allowed her to breathe deeply again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stepped toward the ornate railing shaped like intertwined flower vines and leaned her forearms against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before her stretched Rotwald.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city had mostly quieted for the night now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the lanterns had already gone dark, leaving only the main streets and a few bridges illuminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything else rested beneath pale blue moonlight that gave the city a cold, dreamlike beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, countless small lights now glowed warmly inside tree hollows throughout the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From up here, Mirabelle could glimpse fragments of different families living their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were eating together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one home, fathers played with their children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In others, females curled comfortably against their mates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire scene felt so peaceful that an unfamiliar calm slowly settled inside Mirabelle as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her, movement drew her attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucien leaned backward against the railing so he could look directly at her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you regret it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1004,"2026-06-06T05:51:58.980Z",1,"novelbin.me","65e53d3238344fbc5543062e4b5a6905b58e63ab8962fbe9b5b96dd4a3c6751c","are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-44","are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-42",70,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fare-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-cover.jpg"]