"I am never leaving this hut. You can just bury me under it."
Bai Yue sat on a woven mat inside Mo Xiao's spacious hut, her face buried entirely in her hands. Her hair was still damp from the hot springs, and despite being scrubbed completely clean of swamp mud, her cheeks were burning with the heat of a thousand suns.
Across the small fire pit, the Panther Alpha was failing miserably at hiding his amusement. Mo Xiao let out a loud, undignified snort, crossing his muscular arms.
"You have really changed, Bai Yue," Mo Xiao chuckled, his amber eyes dancing. "The old you wouldn't be hiding in my hut blushing like a maiden. The old you would have just knocked Zhāo Yàn over the head with a rock and dragged him into the nearest cave."
"That doesn't make me feel better!" Bai Yue groaned, peeking through her fingers. "I kissed him! I kissed him right in front of Han Shān! Han Shān dropped his berries, Mo Xiao! His berries!"
