About an hour went by before the fox came back with two other males and a female. The female was riding on top of one of the males that came in its beast form.
I stayed in the tree to watch them.
"Lyria I'm back and I brought the chief and his spouse."
"Well, where is she? My time is precious Noah and you're wasting it." the female whined climbing down from the males back.
I jumped down from the tree.
"Aaaahhh what is that, kill it, kill it now."
Noah stands in front of Lyria, "Wait, wait, wait, this is the female I was talking about, this is Lyria."
"Why would you scare me like that? I could've had you killed."
"I'm sorry. I had fallen asleep waiting and just woke up. This is the fastest way down." Lyria lied.
"Anyways what did you want to talk about?"
"I wanted to ask if your village could take in eleven young females for a while and one adult male."
"We don't need any more females so no you can't."
"Please they're still cubs who are barely surviving out there. We only have one male and he can't do it all. Please just take in eight of them."
"This doesn't benefit me at all so no."
This heartless female was making me angry.
"What do you want?"
"Show me your face?"
"What, why?"
"How can I trust you if I can't see your face?"
"Fine but only you. I will not show my face to a male."
"Fine, everyone turn around and take a couple of steps away."
They did what they were told, even Noah. I took a deep breath and untied the veil showing the female chief all of my face.
Her eyes went wide and she started to take a step towards me. When she realized what she was about to do she got mad and I covered my face again.
"No one who is more beautiful than me is allowed to stay in the village. Leave now and never return." She screamed at me.
"Wait, please. I won't go into the village. Please just take in the younger ones. I'm begging you." I got down on my knees. I was desperate to get help.
The chief walked up to his spouse, "If it's females, by law we can't turn them away no matter if you like them or not."
"Fine, but Lyria must keep her face covered at all times." the female chief said.
The female got back on top of her spouse, "Noah is mine so keep your hands off and the name is Bloom. I run this village and what I say goes."
They left and I started to cry. There was still so much that needed to be done but now these females will have a place to go.
"Are you ok?" Noah asked concerned.
"I was afraid she wouldn't take them in. I don't know how much longer I can do this." I confessed.
"Come on I'll show you to the falls." Noah put his hand out for Lyria
"Okay." She got up and followed Noah. She kept her head down and was dragged behind by Noah.
When Noah finally stopped she still didn't look up.
"You gotta look in order to see, Lyria." He whispered beside her.
She finally looked up and saw a massive waterfall and two smaller ones on either side of the large one. They went high up, with lushes greenery going up the cliff on either side of the falls. At the bottom was a large pool of water and when the water crashed a small rainbow appeared. It was a unique scene. She let go of Noah's hand and walked towards the falls.
"Be careful the large one kills even the strong male."
"I will." Lyria went up the side of the falls before diving into the small falls closest to her. She swam under the thundering water before coming up on the other side, the water reflects on the rocks that lead to a hole halfway up. There was a flat area that she climbed up on. It was an open area perfect for meetings and gatherings. There was another small cliff inside that was easy to climb up to the hole she first spotted. The water reflected was the only light that was in the cave behind the waterfall.
'That's interesting.'
I got out of the water and explored the cave.
"Pip glow." Pip opened her petals and started to glow.
The cave was surprisingly dry and spacious. I like it.
I went back into the water and got out.
"Where were you? There's no way you can hold your breath that long."
"There's a cave on the other side of the falls. I was exploring it. I have a thing for caves. Does anyone come over here often?"
"No just me mostly. Everyone goes downstream. There's not a lot of time to play so downstream is closer and I come here for the isolation."
"Would you mind if I stayed here? Make the cave my home."
"Just one question. The male that's coming is he going to be your spouse?"
"I don't know yet. A claim was forced on me so the male that was told to be my slave, I became close with him and when we ran away, I asked him to mark me so I couldn't be tracked. There is someone I am looking for that will for sure be my mate. The claim will stay till I find him."
"So you have someone in mind already?"
"Yes. He lives in Feline City. When I'm done doing what I need to do I'll go look for him."
"Okay." Noah looked a little disappointed.
"I need to go get my people, want to come with me."
"Yes."