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I waved goodbye to the other females as Tora carried me back home since it was starting to get dark.

The whole afternoon, I talked about the preserved meat, basket, and even the meat marinated and cooked with herbs to the other females.

They seemed to enjoy it, especially the cooked meat, they were very eager to let their male learn how to cook the meat with herbs.

'Hehe, looks like I made a great impact today. Although I am still a bit worried about the plot that might alter' I thought before shrugging it off.

'Who cares if the plot altered a bit? I have strong and reliable males with me' I grinned and leaned in further at Tora's chest.

"What are you grinning about?" Lucas chuckled as he saw me grinning. "I'm just happy to have shared my knowledge about preserving meat. I'm sure I can save at least a few dozen lives because of that" I explained with a smile.

"Our female is so kind and sweet" Kei said, earning a pat in the head from me since he was walking besides Tora.

"Beautiful and cute too" Rio chimed in, earning several nods from my males. "You really need more protection because of this, your just to precious" Archie said.

"Mhm! Your right. She needs more protection, especially with the cubs coming" Tora said as he gave a quick peck on my head before putting me down since we finally reached our den.

"There are countless males who are desperate to woo and court you but we chase them away since they're only one star or no star at all" Rio said making me nod.

"But were there any two or three stars among them?" I asked making them nod. "Yes there are a several two stars fox, peacocks, tigers and wolf who are willing to court you. There's also a few three star beast" Kali chimed in.

"Hmm, maybe I can try and see them tomorrow I guess. I will assess them first and let you know who I like so you can see if you get along with that male" I said making them smile.

"Your really too kind to us, most female would just accept a male they like without even asking her other mates. This also often leads to males fighting with each other" Lucas said and he ruffled my hair as Tora and Kei left to prepare some food.

"Tomorrow, two or three of you will take turns to hunt meat so there will be more meat that can be preserve" I told them as we sat down on the pillows I asked Tora to sew last time.

"Maybe I should also start drying up some fruits and herbs" I muttered. "There are still some fruit bearing trees. And also specific fruit trees that only bear fruits during cold season" Lucas said making me raise a brow.

"Do they taste good?" I tilted my head, I was quite curious about this fruit since it was never mentioned in the novel.

"Mhm, they're quite popular with females, mother would always send at least three or four males to get some for her" Lucas said, earning some nods from the others.

"Mother would also do that, her mates would then compete with each other to see who can give her the most fruits" Archie chimed in.

"Ooh, well that fruit sure sounds interesting. Now it makes me really wonder how they taste like" I muttered and tried to imagine what it looked like and how it would taste like.

And as if reading my mind, Archie began to explain what it looks like. "It's a round and purple fruit with a few mixture of red and black shade around the top. It's also the size of a cantaloupe.

It also has this weird yet interesting lines drawn on it. And it's called a valley fruit as it only grows in valleys" He said making me smile.

This dude really knows how to explain things to me when I need it. "Luckily there's a valley not far from here" Rio uttered making me smile.

"Well, can one of you get me some of it when the cold season starts?" I asked.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Both Lucas and Archie said at the same time. The looked at each other and narrowed their eyes making me stiffle my laughter. I know that both of them wouldn't try hurting each other. That would be just stupid to ignore my rules.

Soon, Tora and Kei came back holding a few plates of different meat. "They're deer, lamb and short bird meat. Feel free to choose one" Tora said as he set down the plates.

Kei also followed with a plate with topple fruits, and some blueberries. I then happily grabbed the plate that Tora handed me and took some short bird and lamb meat.

The seven of us then happily ate in peace.

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The next morning I woke up due to the sun shining through the window. 'Ugh, gotta ask Tora to sew some furs together to make a curtain' I thought as I begrudgingly sat up.

Seconds later I heard the door open and Rio came in, holding a basin of water for me to bathe in.

"Where's Tora? I need to ask him something" I asked as he set the basin down. "He went hunting with Lucas earlier. He might return any minute" Rio answered.

I nodded as Rio left me alone to bath. I stripped off my clothes and sat in the basin. My eyes then wondered to my body, looking at every mark I have.

'I have seven mates now. Can I really add more?' I thought even though I knew that having more mates here is necessary.

'Even so, I do need to pick the males who are strong. That way I can have less mates but still have the same protection of having more than 20 mates' I nodded at this and went on my bath.

I then quickly finish my bath and changed into the clothes Rio had brought along with him when he delivered the basin.

Once I was done, I went down stairs to see that Tora and Lucas were finally back. "Toraaa. Can you sew up some furs to make a curtain in the room? It'll help covering the window at cold season" I said making him nod.

"Of course, whatever you want" he smiled before he and Lucas went to smoke the meat. "Rio and Kali will be hunting next later" Archie announced making the two males nod.

"Do you want to go and take a look around the village?" Kei asked making me nod. Before the others can step forward, Kei happily scooped me up.

I chuckled at this as Rio and Archie followed us while Kali stayed home. I gently rubbed my stomach and smiled.

"Maybe by the next week or so, your gonna give births to cubs" Rio smiled as he looked at my stomach. "Yeah I am, I'm quite curious who's cub will they be" I laughed and looked at Archie.

He and Tora were the only males I mated with after my heat, so it's either tiger cubs or panthern cubs. Either one is good.

As we walked around the village, many beast men greeted us. Female and male alike, guess I earned some of their respect because of yesterday.

"Rio! Sera!" Serenity waved at us. I waved back and smiled at her and Kei made his way to where she and her males were.

"I can't believe there was such a method to preserve meat. It's totally helpful to all of us. Thank you Sera" She said making me shake my head.

"No need to thank me, after all we are family now since Rio is now my mate" I smiled at her as she smiled back. The two of us then began chatting with each other while her males continued to smoke some meat.

"Maybe by tomorrow I can finish my basket weaving" I said to her. This caused her to grin slightly.

"Great! Once your done can you teach one of my mates? That way I can carry my cubs if I have more in the future" She giggled as her mates look at her hopefully.

The two of us then continued our ilde chatter but stop when Fara, Bailey and the other girls approached us. I was quite shock at first to see Bailey getting along so well with Fara and the other half beast, considering her attitude towards Cassie when they first met.

Some of the other female's also formed their little group with her as their leader and she seemed quite happy about it.

"Sera!" Bailey greeted and hugged me after her fox mate put her down. "Bailey hi!" I greeted and hugged her back before pulling away and greeting the other females. Surprisingly Belle was also there.

"How long till you give birth?" Fara asked as she eyed my stomach. "Rio said that maybe in a week or two" I smiled making them all smile.

"Looks like our village will have some new cubs!" Serenity squealed that made the other females nod in agreement.

And just as we were happily chatting about the cubs. A leopard male came to us, well specifically me.

Rio and Kei growled at him but didn't make any move. 'Oh' I blinked in surprise when he showed me a leaf filled with various fruits.

"Female, please accept this" he said as his tail lazily swayed behind him. I look at him from head to toe.

'Well, he is a five star so that's a plus point' I mentally nodded to myself before looking at my males. "I will allow you to court me for now" I said making him smile.

"Yes! Thank you for giving me this chance female" he grinned before running off. Probably to avoid my mates.

As I turned around, the girls squealed in delight. But as the unknown leopard left, I didn't notice a certain someone smirking at my direction not far from us.

'Heh, this will be fun' the unknown female though and left with her mates and the leopard.

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Ohh!! I smell drama coming up. Who do you think the female is? And just who is that leopard male? Will he be loyal or was he just task?...

And what do you guys think about Sera accepting more mates? Is it too fast? Or no? Please let me know as I have already written a chapter where she had accepted her feral mate already.