Three times, I chose a contract guardian. Three times, they got me killed.
In my first life, I chose Drake.
He said I was too boring, then left me for Lani.
In my second life, I chose Locke.
He said I was plain and that he preferred Lani’s face.
In my third life, I chose Kieran.
He said I was too weak. What he truly wanted was Lani’s bloodline. On the day of the family trial, he abandoned me for her.
After three betrayals, I finally understood.
It wasn’t that I had treated them poorly. It was that my standards were all wrong.
So in this fourth life—
I went straight to the back of the line and picked up the dying creature.
“I want her.”
Everyone froze.
The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 37 She pouted unhappily. After a while, she seemed to work it out for herself and lowered her head to kiss me. “Then I can just have a little saliva first.” I said nothing. This was bad. What exactly had I taught her? That bottle of aphrodisiac had
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 36 By the time a crowd of mages found us, I was hanging limp off Paloma, my mind long past the point of thought. Paloma held me tightly, shielding me completely. She glared down at the group beneath the tree, very displeased. They had interrupted her meal. But
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 35 She looked at me blankly. “A potion.” She shook the spatial bag in her hand. “Isn’t this the bag you’ve been drinking from?” I snatched it from her, poured out the last two bottles, and smelled them carefully. “Damn it.” “What?” “These aren’t life force restoration potions.”
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 34 Later, I got too lazy to look. Whatever she stuffed into my mouth, I drank. Paloma, meanwhile, had been eating very happily these last few days. She had never lived a life where she could eat her fill every single day. Even if this so-called fullness was
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 33 By my calculations, it would only be a few more days. In those days, Paloma ate nonstop. She had developed a new habit. While drinking my life force, she would suddenly lick my eyes, as if testing her luck to see if she could taste that special
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 32 The Threshold was empty. Cleaned out by some unknown force. That news spread through the entire Threshold very quickly. All the mages who had come seeking opportunities were furious. Everyone had entered to search for treasures—how could someone take every single one and leave nothing behind? They
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 31 “Stop. Let me catch my breath.” She glanced at me. “Is that all you can handle?” I glared at her. “Why didn’t you eat these, too?” She actually paused to think about it. “I was going to.” Then her gaze returned to my face. “But my instincts
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 30 I grabbed her by the front of her clothes, then suddenly remembered something even more important. “Wait. Since you ate all those high-level magical beasts, what about the treasures they were guarding? Don’t tell me you ate those, too. Hurry up and take them out.” I shook
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 29 The Mother of the Snake-vines had finally saved her own life. She practically saw us off in tears of gratitude, then immediately burrowed back underground and never showed herself again. We followed the path Paloma had carved on her way here. The farther we walked, the more
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The Fourth Life She Guarded Me Chapter 28 But when I looked up, it wasn’t rain. The Mother of the Snake-vines had been scared into crying. …She looked a little pitiful. I cleared my throat softly. “She’s not completely useless. There are quite a few things here I can use.” “Such as?” Paloma sounded very
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