"Just tell Rio to fly and come find us if the cubs need anything alright? We'll be around the village" I remind Tora and the others while we all stood outside, Lucas was already in his beastform standing a few meters away from us.

"Yes, I'll remember that. So just enjoy yourself and have fun alright?" Tora said as he ruffled my hair a bit. "Stop! I just combed it" I whined making him and my other males chuckle.

"Go on now" Tora said making me huff as I fixed my hair and walked towards Lucas. I climbed up on his back and he waited until I got comfortable on his back before he spread his wings and flew up.

I can't help but grin when I slightly look down. The view was pretty and I can see the vast forest that surrounded the village.

A small gasp escaped my lips before being followed by giggles as Lucas picked up his pace a bit.

Soon, we have circled the whole village. "Woah, this feels great. Maybe I should ask you and Rio to fly me once in a while" I said to Lucas as I slowly stroke his feathers.

He let out a squak and circled the village once more before finally decending back to the den.

When we got down, I found that Bailey was waiting for me there. And she was playing with my cubs.

"Bailey! Do you need something?" I asked as soon as I got down from Lucas. "Nothing, I just want to hang out with you" she said as she look at me and then at Lucas.

"I'm guessing you went around the village with your eagle mate?" She asked and I hummed in confirmation.

"Let's go to the river, we can talk there" I said and she instantly agreed. Sending one of the male she bought with her to run back to their den and grab her some furs.

One of her males then scooped her up and began walking to the river. I was also scooped up by Carlos tail as Archie took the cubs and them in the basket.

Kali run back inside the den to fetch me some furs to change in later and we all followed behind Bailey and her twelve mates.

When we got to the river, we found that the other female's were already their, just sitting near the bank with their feets dipped in the water.

"Sera! Bailey!" Fara greeted us with a smile when she saw us. "Hi Fara" I smiled back at her and waved at the other females. Carlos put me down and went to where most of the males are waiting for their mates.

"I've noticed that you still haven't mates with your snake yet. I can't see any snake mark on your body" Serenity said making the other female's curiously look at my marks.

"No I still haven't, but I was planning on it later" I said making them all grin. "I'm quite curious where his mark will end up in" Fara curiously wondered making me chuckle.

"Probably near her heart or her shoulders. I don't think Sera will have any marks on her wrist or below the knees. She loves all her males and she picks every single one of them seriously" Bailey said making the others agree.

"Yeah, and if a mark does end up on her wrist of below the knee, then the male either force her or she doesn't really like him and was just force to accept him" May chimed in and the others instantly agreed.

I can't help but laugh at what they were saying. "Now, that would be impossible. No male should force a female to mate with him. And that goes the same to female's" I said making them look at me curiously.

"I can understand on the males not having the right to force a female to mate with them but with the female? I don't quite get it. Isn't a dream come true to most males to have a female?" Belle asked as she crossed her arms and slightly raised her brow at me.

"Well, it's not right to force a male since if the female ends up hating the male one day, she'll just cut his mark off her body. Either taking his life or turning him into a rootless beast.

And what if that male actually liked another female but he was force to mate to mate with another one. Don't you think they'll be unhappy?" I asked them, making them look at each other.

"What if you were in that situation. You like a male yet you were force to mate with another. One that you don't like, what will you do?" I asked her.

"Huh? Of course I would be angry and would try to cut his mark off..." Her eyes slightly widen at the realization.

"See? If you don't like it then imagine being a male and being force to mate with a female you don't like only to have your mark cut off one day" I said making them all ponder over it.

Little did I know, most of the males were listening to me talk and they all look at my males in jealousy.

"I'm jealous that you have such a smart mate. But I'm content with my Bailey, she's perfect the way she is" Gray said as he glanced at Bailey lovingly.

"We're lucky she even choosed us. A female like her deserves only the best and strongest males" Kali muttered as Rio, Tora and Kei agreed with him.

"Your males must be very lucky to have such a caring, loving, smart and beautiful female like you" Serenity said with a small sigh. "Not to mention your also a whole female" she added making me shake my head.

"And I'm sure your males are very lucky to have you as their mates. Every male is lucky to have a female, especially when they are caring. Most females don't even show affection to their males" I said making most of the females tilt their heads.

"I can't even imagine that. What female wouldn't show their males affection? Even I give them kisses or hugs every now and then after they did a good job" A female in the crowd said.

"Mhm yeah. I say thank you to them if they did good jobs at the things I told them. And if they really did a great job I would allow them to have the next litter if I get into heat" Another one chimed in.

"Even Belle who seems rude to us, shows affection to her males by giving them kisses and paying attention to them" Fara said making Belle glare at her.

"Are you trying to say I don't know how to show affection to my own mates? I'm not that cruel! They are they reason I survived after the village got attack since they sacrificed their own lives for me" Belle huffed in annoyance as she look to where her males where.

"I'm leaving" she announced as she turned away from us. But we can all see that the corner of her ears were red.

One of her lion male heard her and immediately went over to her, scooping her up and left.

"She was just probably embarrassed" Serenity giggled making us laugh. I then turned my attention to the river then at Bailey.

I grinned as an idea came to mind. I scooped up some water before slashing it at her. I can't help but burst out laughing at her shock face as she look at me.

She stared at me blankly for a few seconds before she too, scooped up some water and slash it right in my face.

I stopped laughing and look at the river again, before returning my attention to the other female's.

They all look at me with wide eyes as I dipped my hand in the water and splashed them some water.

They all squealed in surprise, alerting their males for a second before relaxing as they saw nothing.

Soon, the others also joined the splashing competition. All of us were laughing and giggling as water splashed in every direction.

We were all having fun until Bailey lost her balance and accidentally pulled me along with her.

The way we fell made a rather loud splash that alerted all the males. They were ready to jump in the water but stopped when me and Bailey surfaced. Giggling and laughing like idiots.

The water fight continued for an hour before we finally stopped. We all changes into some fresh and dry furs and the males went hunting for us.

"We should totally do that again next time" Fara said making the others agree with her. "Mhm sure! We should try it again once drizzle season comes since it will be to cold to do that this cold season" I said making all smile.

Soon, the males came back and cooked for us. Season the different meat they caught for their respective female's with different herbs. Some got weird but yummy looking fruits and vegetables for their female's who can't eat meat.

We a chated with each other and laughed as we continued eating, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.

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Hey! Just a bit of an announcement. So as you all know, this book updates twice a week. But for now, I'm gonna narrow it to once a week. Just until school is finally over.

I need to focus on my studies as we are in the last quarter. Book will now only update every Friday.

Thank you for understanding!! I will make sure it will return to the twice a week schedule once school is over.