The Ultimate Law

Violet's POV

"My mother was a winged beast but my father was a lion. Lions are very territorial. That's why I have good night vision because of my father. So I am one of the only females that can leave at night to be on my own. Night time is a peaceful time for me. I was able to find this waterfall and make my own little hideout." she says excitingly like a little child

We climb up about 5 steps and I see a little nest made under the waterfall. You can literally see the village from here, the orchard and more.

"This is a beautiful hideout, Clarise." I say to her in awe

"Yeah it is. I think tonight you may need it more than I do. I know that you have recently joined our tribe and want to find somewhat of a family here but you have a choice. Just because you have Jee doesn't mean you have to choose him. My mother lost her way after they moved to a different village. She was infatuated with multiple men and my dad could not handle it anymore so he left. He tried really hard to stay away from my mother. One day another group of males came for trade and wanted mother. They fought for her and they won. I was stupid enough to run after and get my father. When he came back to rescue mom he was so enraged. He killed all of them. But he was more upset to find out mom had 4 more males added to her harem." she says back sadly

"He must have been shocked." I say back to her sadly

"He was. Since he just fought all the men from the other villages his adrenaline rush for fighting was high. Dad killed all but one of the males that mom had. When the last one was left dad went after him but what happened next no one expected this. Mom had jumped in the way to try to save him. The man she truly loved and learned to love. There are rules in the Beast Kingdom. Since females are rare, killing females is not allowed. So father broke the highest law in the Beast Kingdom. He was sentenced to death. The night before his death sentence father was next to mothers grave crying. I felt so bad since I was the one who did this. If I never ran to tell him, I would have had both my parents here today." she says and I see little trails of tears falling

I go to her and start to comfort her. Sometimes a girl just needs another girl to vent to

"Father left and walked to the edge of the highest cliff and jumped into the sea. See cats, they can't swim. So it was instant suicide once he jumped. My dad was a very prideful man so he must have wanted to do this his way. There is no way he would've made it without mom." she says back to me sadly

"I'm so sorry you had to go through something like that Clarise, I don't know what I would have done if I lost someone I loved that much like that." I say back to her trying to comfort her

"I tried to jump after him since I was a winged beast, but he was too heavy. I kept trying and trying and trying and my body got to the point where I had no strength left. When I woke up I was in our den and my mothers only male, Francis had pulled me out and rescued me. It was just Francis, my 9 siblings and I left. We all looked at each other and started crying. We had lost our fathers and only mother. It was the most horrible way to wake up. That is why I am telling you this, pick the males that you want and you trust, not the ones convenient." she says and hugs me

"Thank you for telling me something so personal. I know this must be hard for you." I say back to her

"I have 3 males and we all make it work. I trust them and I know they treat all my little ones the same like their own. There is a lot of jealousy but I make sure they equally have the attention they need from me and more. You have to not rush things and learn a lot about your male. Don't rush it, promise me you won't?" she asks me

"Yes I won't." I look at her concerned

Why do I feel like there is more to this than she puts?

"Is there anything else you want to tell me?" I ask her

A surprised look comes on her face and it looks like she is fighting with herself to tell me something.

"Jee is not any ordinary beast. He is one of the sons of the Raven King. The chief here is not his true father but one of his mothers males. Grand Chieftess left the capital because of the war. It was safer for her to leave than stay there. At the time the Raven King could not keep her safe so 4 of her males left with her while the Raven King and her 2 sons stayed. To this day they are still running the kingdom and trying to handle the internal issues. That is why a lot of the winged beasts are here. We ran for safety. I was originally with my family in a different village. After what happened with my father and mother I left to go to the capital." she says to me and is silent

"The timing of things was so off! Days later the war happened. I had just settled down in my own nest and beasts were able to get to the higher land of the kingdom. I am not too sure what they wanted but it looked like they wouldn't stop. I had seen a group secretly leaving the island so I flew with them and never turned back. And here we are the group that abandoned the city and ran to safety." she says to me sad

"It must have been a beautiful place, the capital?" I ask

"Yes it was. During my little time I stayed there it was peaceful. The land was enormous and there was plenty of space for winged beasts to develop and grow happily with their families. It was paradise and I was happy I traveled there. But I am glad I settled here. I would have never met my males in that huge city. We were too far apart and I am happy I had the chance here." she says to me smiling

"That's a very good outcome from that then" I say back to her

"Truly. Violet, one of my males, is a warrior for the Raven kingdom. The Raven kingdom warriors are very let's say dangerous. The males there are trained ferociously. In the beast kingdom they are made to be the assassins of the kingdom since they can fly. The males start training at the age of 5 and are deployed by 9. They are lethal." she says to me concerned

"Is this where you are getting at?" I ask her

"Yes. Of the many warriors, Jee is the most vicious. I think that is why his father allowed only him instead of all the sons to go with his mother while the rest stayed to protect the city. He is known as death. I wanted to take you away from there so that this conversation stays between us. Not many of them knew who Jee was because he was the stealthiest and never went out into the public. Most of the time he showed up only if he had to. He is also the youngest. He still had no female, which was rare. He is a beautiful creature but when you really look deep into his eyes it's scary." she says to me nervous

"Thanks for the warning." I tell her

I appreciate her and want to be the best of friends with her but still relationships with others will just hurt in the end. Plus I don't plan to have any relationship with Jee so she doesn't need to be worried about it. I see worry all over her face when it comes to Jee.

"The brother who chose Rebecca as his female?" I ask

"Isaiah is the oldest of his moms next in line male. So they are half brothers. Jee is the youngest of the 3.

"Oh wow!" I say back to her concerning

"The day you have your own little ones it won't be much to you if you do decide that." she says back smiling

My own little ones? In two years it will not be possible!

"Well I did what I told myself to do. I wanted to make sure this conversation happened, otherwise I would feel guilty!" she says back to me stress free

"Were you holding back this whole time?" I ask her teasingly

"Yes. It bugged me but I had to wait. I wanted to say this between just us and not with anyone else nearby." she says calm

"Thank you again." I say and give her a big hug

I am glad I found a female companion here. It would be lonely to not have a friend like her

"You can stay the night here if you want. No one can trail someone here in the waterfall since the tracks are ruined by the water. And this is a secret hideout so they would never think to find a nest in a waterfall. The bottom has sand so it's pretty comfy since it's soft and a bunch of leaves around the nest to cover you. You will see later tonight how beautiful this waterfall can be if you stay." she says to me getting up to leave

"You must have spent many nights here?" I ask

"Many. It won't be hard to go back. If you leave tonight follow the fireflies it would be a good 20 minutes walk but there is only one trail and you cans see the village since we have mini suns now. If you go in the morning, follow the marks on the trees." she says to me and points at engraved markings on the trees.

This must be how they get around places from far away from the village. She flies down from the nest and waves to me before she disappears into the waterfall. After everything that has happened the last few days the noise from the waterfall puts me in a trance and I lie down to sleep. Today was just too exhausting. I close my eyes and drift off.