My best friend and I were thrown into the beast tribe where females were rare and the law was polyandry.

Last time, she chose the alluring serpent man as her mate, while I chose the loyal wolf man as mine. Her harem grew, her mate got jealous and caged her underground. My mate cherished me, and when he became chieftain, he placed the tribe at my feet.

That was until my best friend shoved me off a cliff.

I woke up back to the day of choosing our mates. She claimed my wolf man with a triumphant smile, in return, I simply pointed to the white tiger priest.

Being the wife of the chieftain was too small a dream, after all.

In a world where females rule, I'll take the throne.

I was reborn after my best friend pushed me off a cliff.

When we woke up, we realized we were back to the day we first arrived in the beast tribe.

I could hear the voice of the old chieftain of the white tigers the moment I opened my eyes.

"All unmated males of the white tiger tribe are here. You two precious females may choose whomever you like," he said.

We were still confused about the situation back then.

Luckily, we could understand their language.

My best friend, Autumn Cox, was a modern-day thrill-seeking romance expert.

Once she understood what the chieftain meant, she almost instantly chose a handsome and elegant serpent man.

"What a piece of cake! What's there to be afraid of?" she whispered to me, clearly excited.

This tribe was probably a paradise to her.

She then glanced at the rest, and she said, "Lynn, you're soft by nature. Don't choose someone too attractive. It would be awful if another woman stole him. Those plain-looking ones seem nice."

She pointed at the plain-looking males.

However, I did take her advice.

It was not because I was scared someone would steal my mate; instead, it was because there was a wolf-like man among them.

It was said that the wolf tribe was extremely loyal to their mates. They would only have one mate for life.

I knew that if I chose him, I would not need to worry that Autumn might steal him from me.

Surely enough, my wolf man stayed loyal in our past life. He ignored all her attempts to lure him.

Autumn resented that.

She condescendingly said, "Lynn, your wolf man is so stubborn. He can't tell the good from bad; he's so dumb."

I only smiled and did not disagree with her.

She was right to say that the wolf tribe had a one-track mind when it came to their mates.

However, she was dead wrong to call him dumb.

He would not have used me to achieve anything in the tribe if he were dumb. In the end, he rose to become chieftain.

Autumn never knew that the wolf man kept me under strict watch.

This time, she pointed at the wolf man without hesitation as soon as the chieftain finished explaining. She said, "I want him to be my mate."

The wolf man was surprised to hear that.

Typically, the wolf men were considered less than mid-tier in the white tiger tribe.

The females usually would not consider a wolf man as their mate.

The other males were upset to see Autumn choose the wolf man.

"He's only a low-ranked wolf man. How can he be worthy of you?" a bear man grumbled while he pounded on his chest.

The wolf man looked tense and slightly insecure.

However, Autumn smiled and walked toward the wolf man. She said, "I want him. I believe my choice will be the best."

She did not forget to whisper to me before she left, "Lynn, this time I'll be the chieftain's wife."

I stayed silent and watched her hold his hand.

The wolf man looked at her with gratitude, and then he howled excitedly.

The other males glared at the lucky wolf man with jealousy before they looked at me with anticipation.

I glanced at them, then my gaze stopped at the serpent man.

Autumn had a gleam in her eyes when she noticed that. She told me, "Lynn, the serpent man is good in bed. You're inexperienced, maybe you should choose him, so you can avoid suffering when getting laid."

I declined her suggestion with a smile.

"No, you know I dislike boneless creatures," I said.

Then, I pointed to the tall and muscular white tiger next to the serpent man.

"I want him," I said.

The white tiger and the chieftain looked pleased to hear me say that.

Autumn could not help but smirk.

I knew what she was thinking about.

The white tiger I chose was not only the priest of the white tiger tribe but also the son of the chieftain.

He was supposed to be the heir of the white tiger tribe.

However, in our past life, the white tiger priest suffered an ambush by the lion tribe while he was out hunting. The white tiger priest was severely injured, and he died from infection.

His death was the reason why I was able to help my wolf man become chieftain.

However, I would not let the white tiger priest die so tragically again.

He would be my sharpest blade.

Unlike Autumn, being the wife of the chieftain meant nothing to me.

Since females could have such high statuses, there would be nothing wrong with me being their queen.

I only wanted to take control, and my fate would be mine alone.

Autumn and I had chosen our mates, so we publicly formed a contract with them in front of the white tiger tribe.

A female could have multiple male mates in the tribe, but only a male who had formed a contract with the female could live with her.

As for the other males, they were no different than concubines in ancient times.

However, unlike the concubines in human society, the male mates in the tribe were openly accepted by everyone. They were not hidden away in secret.

It was perfectly normal for a male mate to lose the favor of the female and get dumped.

Autumn relied on that in our past life. She knew that the serpent man she chose was possessive and obsessive, but during his hibernation period, she still shamelessly seduced the other males.

She had always planned to play around and then find an excuse to dump her male mate.

Unfortunately, she did not expect her plan to backfire.

Females were very rare in the tribe, so the males who managed to become mates would not let go so easily.

When the serpent man woke from hibernation, he was immediately surrounded by the males Autumn had flirted with. They demanded an explanation from him.

Autumn had told them the reason she rejected them was that the serpent man would not allow her to have other mates.

The serpent man learned that she had flirted with so many males while he was hibernating, and he exploded in anger.

He fiercely fought those males, then he dragged Autumn back to his serpent cave. He did not look happy.

Then, he tormented her in various ways until she became pregnant.

As a result, Autumn was forced to give birth to clutches of offspring.

She thought about escaping, but the serpent man did not let her leave.

It was not until the day the wolf man was to inherit the chieftain position in the tribe that she had a chance to get out with her serpent babies. All the elderly, the females, and the youngsters were required to attend the ceremony.

The chieftain ceremony included a sky-offering ritual, so it was held at the mountain cliff.

She realized that I, who was once inferior to her in everything, had become the wife of the chieftain, and she was filled with jealousy.

She seized the opportunity when everyone was kneeling to worship the sky and charged at me to shove me off the cliff.

"Lynn Jane, you've always been beneath me since we were kids. Why should you live better than me? Die!" she had yelled.

Our families used to be neighbors, and my family had been better off than hers.

However, my parents died in a car accident, and everything we had was taken by my biased grandmother and given to my uncle and his family.

I knew that to them, I was only a girl, an outsider, and unworthy of inheriting my father's properties.

Her mom had pitied me and helped me.

I later regretted countless times that I accepted their help.

Autumn would tell everyone that her family funded my studies and that without them, I would have been sent to an orphanage.

Therefore, I was always beneath her.

She disliked it when I did well in exams, so I had to deliberately do poorly to help her shine.

My friends gradually left me after she appeared.

She also stole my college boyfriend during the holidays.

"Don't be mad, Lynn. I just wanted to test if he truly likes you. You're my best friend, and I don't want you to get hurt by a player. See what I mean? He failed my test, right? You should thank me," she had said.

I smiled at her with fake gratitude and said, "Hm. Thank you, Autumn."

She immediately beamed with pride and said, "You're welcome. We're best friends, after all."

I sneered inside.

People like Autumn Cox had dirtied the term best friend.

However, the fact remained that her family had helped me.

I could not burn the bridge with Autumn and upset her mom.

However, that was all in my past life.

The moment Autumn pushed me off that cliff, I no longer owed her family anything.

The contract was quickly completed.

The chieftain smiled warmly at us and said, "Alright, now that the contracts are done, you may each return to your places. As for the other males, please don't be discouraged. You still have the chance to become their mates if you can win the favor of these females."

They looked slightly relieved to hear that. Their gaze was burning as they looked at me and Autumn.

The white tiger priest glared at them as he stepped in front of me to shield me from them.

He growled at the other males and said, "She's mine. I'll never share her with anyone! If anyone dares to try, I'll tear them apart."

The others looked disappointed to hear that.

They knew better than anyone how capable the priest was.

Competing with him for a female was hopeless.

However, dealing with that wolf man was much easier.

Every male present instantly turned to look at Autumn.

Their gazes toward the wolf man were filled with killing intent.

Capabilities mattered the most in the tribe. The power of the wolf man was not even in the top hundred of the white tiger tribe. They felt he did not deserve a contract with such a soft and delicate woman.

They understood how the priest could have a female all to himself. He was the most powerful male in the tribe, after all.

However, the wolf man was not worthy of a precious female.

Autumn smiled when she saw them get jealous and fight over her.

It was as if that was the treatment she truly deserved.

However, she had no idea that once she entered the wolf's den, leaving would not be so easy.

I gave her a brief glance, then turned to the white tiger priest and said, "I'm tired. I want to go back and rest."

The priest immediately looked worried.

Then, his arm, which looked thicker than my thigh, scooped me up effortlessly.

"I'll bring you back to rest right away," he said.

Then, he hurried off while holding me steadily in his arms toward his stone house.

The status of the priest was higher than the status of the chieftain.

Not only did he handle rituals, divinations, and the secret inheritance of the tribe, but he was also responsible for treating injured males.

Medical resources were scarce in primitive society, after all. Whether an injured male lived or died depended entirely on the sole heir to the medical tradition of the tribe, which was the priest.

The white tiger priest gently set me down on a stone bed covered with beast skins, after carrying me into his stone house.

His golden eyes never left me. He said, "Sit here for a moment. I'll get you a blanket."

I nodded to him.

Soon, he pulled a large beast-skin blanket from a wooden chest.

However, to my surprise, he did not use it to cover me. He spread it over the bed instead.

He neatly laid it down, then he stared at the skin exposed on my body and said, "Your skin looks so delicate. I'll add another blanket so the stone bed won't hurt you."

There had been other females in the tribe who tried to seduce him, but he had never shown interest in them.

He must have realized upon meeting me that his type was someone like me, petite and adorable.

Moreover, my scent must have been so pleasant that it intoxicated him, making him reluctant to be away from me even for a moment.