Becks

Violet's POV

We walk back to the chief's circle and it's beautifully decorated with nature. Beautiful flowers and trails of coconuts line the whole center. Above are more flowers showered with canopies of different covered leaves and hanging fruits.

"Jee, how come the fruits are hanging like that?" I ask him

"When we have new beasts join, partaking of the fruit is something we all do together to bring new beginnings as one. Here we all decide to bring in the new member as one of our family members. It's just a little tradition we have." he says to me smiling

I saw a row of food on the tree trunk benches and realized they are all bugs. Eek! I will just need to get used to this since I did choose the Raven prince. I should have known better!

"Don't worry, I made sure to save some fish for you since I knew you liked that more." he says back to me after watching my expression

"You're such a lifesaver Jee." I say back to him smiling

"Thank you everyone for coming. We have Violet here who will be joining our tribe and we are truly happy that she has. She already brought to us new experiences that will help with food, gathering and light. Because of her we can now illuminate the light for us females and we can now enjoy the nightlife. Everyone please enjoy tonight and eat, dance and sing. Welcome to the Naanil Tribe, Violet." Jee's mom says

"Welcome Violet." one of the females say to me

"Thank you." I say back to her

She has 5 males next to her and about 4 little ones near her running around in circles by her legs. They must be her kids and males. I see more females coming and they all have multiple men with them too. This must be what everyone talks about when it comes to the ratio for males and females.

"Hey, that's for someone else." I hear a female say

Looks like that is Clarise talking to another female. This female looks tall and built. She's pretty with gold and brown streaked hair. Tan skinned and she seems to have authority as everyone else is not saying anything to her besides Clarise. I check to see what they are arguing about and I see the fish Jee saved for me.

"It's just food. Clarise why be so upset about it. Share it." she says back to Clarise

"This is for Violet. She doesn't really eat what we eat since she isn't a winged beast." Clarise says back to her

"She's not a winged beast? How did she even get up here anyway?" the female asks curiously

"Not your business. Anyways give it back. You really don't want to cause trouble with this one Becks." Clarise says seriously to her

Why does that name sound so familiar?

"Calm down, calm down. Just a bite. I overheard a few of the boys saying this was a delicacy. Why can't the future Grand Chieftess try something like this? It's my right anyways!" she starts to say angry to Clarise

I start walking towards Clarise so that I can say it's okay to share it but Jee gets there sooner than I do.

"Clarise, this is not yours. Don't take something that is not yours." Jee says to her

"Jee! You're here? You didn't go to the city?" she asks curiously

"Not your business Becks. I had other plans and priorities to take care of. Anyways, give that to me. That belongs to someone else." he says back with authority

"Jee, are you really trying to take this away from me? Didn't you make this for me? You always give me everything first. Why are you taking this from me? I heard you brought this to the tribe. Shouldn't I be the first to have this?" she asks Jee on the verge of crying

She walks towards him and tries to hold his cheeks. I watch as he just stands there. Is he really going to let her advance on him like that? Actually I can't anyways. I can't allow myself to get close to him. It's not fair to him. I turn around and start walking.

"Violet let's go." I feel Clarise grab my hand and we walk out to leave

"Thanks." I say back to Clarise

I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous, I'm not jealous. Why would I be jealous? He is still a stranger to me, right?

"She's always like that. I have no idea why Isaiah wanted her as his female." she says back to me

"Is that who I think it is?" I ask her

"Yes. That's why I wanted you to get out of there. I know sooner or later you will meet her but not right now and not at this time." she says to me sadly

"I must be missing something, clearly I am." I say back to her as we start walking back to my tree-house

"Long story short, Jee was supposed to go with a few men to help with trading. As you can see we are really small. To grow our community we needed to start and do something to attract others to come. So we started to trade the fruits we found in the orchard. There are only a few orchards available with coconuts. The other fruits we have are seen in other villages but coconuts not as much so we got lucky when we migrated here. Before the men left, Jee and Isaiah fought for Rebecca." Clarise says to me

"So this was that recently?" I ask her surprised

"Yes, that recent. Literally right before they fought the day after they had to leave so that they could make it back before winter season. Most likely they haven't spoken since." she says back to me concerned

"Oh okay! Well yeah I would not want to be there for their first conversation since that incident. That would be super awkward for me." I say back to Clarise awkwardly

"You know the advantage for females is we can reject males. You don't have to say yes if you don't want to or if you are not ready. We have many males here who would make you happy, Violet." she says back to me concerned

"Thank you for letting me know this. This is still so new to me so I am not too sure what to do and when to do it." I say back to her

We walked back up to the tree-house and I saw a few leftover fish on the plate we used earlier.

"Want to try some?" I ask her

"I am sorry for not getting the one Jee saved for you. Knowing Becks she ate all of it and didn't share it with anyone. She's such a repulsive beast. I can't say much as I can be like that too but she can irritate me and other females all the time. We portion a lot of our food and she would almost take double the amount since she was highly favored by the Chief." she says to me

"Really?" I ask her while I place the fish in front of her

She takes a bite and is in awe.

"Violet, this is delicious. I never would have thought this could taste that good! You seriously need to have Jee teach this to my males. I want this all the time!" she says to me happily

"You guys must not really eat anything besides insects and fruits huh?" I ask her

"Honestly that's correct. We haven't been here for that long so we use what we have. Since we are winged beasts this is ordinary for us, but this fish is life changing. We have tried many times to eat this but it never tasted this good. And it's not raw. Did you use the baby suns for this?" she asks

"Yes. We cooked it on fire and were able to fry it with coconut oil." I say back to her proudly

She gobbles it down like it's her last meal. To my surprise she sat in silence for a while after.

"Violet, let's go take a walk." she says and we start walking towards the stream

"Wow it's so pretty here at night time." I say back to her

"Yeah. This is where I come to collect myself. I lost my mom because one of her males was over possessive. He hated sharing her and I understand where he came from. Sharing the one you love with other men isn't easy. We females are lucky, it's not vice versa. If it was, I don't know if I would be able to share my men. Isn't that hypocritical of me?" she asks me sadly

"The situation for now is different so I get it." I say back to her

We walk up towards a bigger stream and go to the back of this little cliff. In the back of the cliff is a waterfall. It's surrounded by red and purple flowers that are covered with fireflies. We walk closer to the cliff and there is a waterfall quietly behind it. Clarise starts walking inside the waterfall and I move back not too sure if I should come in here.

"Don't worry there are little steps I made, follow me." she gestures and I follow her so I don't lose her.