"So how does a female have information on Blackmist forest?" Noah inquired.
"I'm surprised you know about them."
"We've had a run-in with them a while back. Our people weren't good enough for them I guess. Heartless, murdering mutts."
"Why do you act like you don't care?"
"It's not that I don't care, it's just in the past now so why let it bring me down? I know of them and know to avoid them at all costs but I don't have a female and I don't want one anyways so now I have one less burden."
"So you think having a mate is a burden?"
"Yeah, or they're our master since they treat us like trash."
"I agree with you. Most of the males I like dont like or want a mate either and for good reason. Our female chief, my mother, hated me and disowned me before I came of age. Beat me a lot too and would make my dad watch. The look in his eyes is what hurt the most. Knowing his one and only spouse was beating his daughter and completely powerless to do anything. He would personally take care of me however he could. An amazing male like him got stuck with mother and suffered almost every day because of it. I hated her, but when I felt like I had lost everyone, I looked for her. After asking around I found out she died on her second day in Blackmist."
"Wait, hold up. Asking around in Blackmist? Were you there? Did you really escape Blackmist Forest?" We stop walking as he stood in front of me. I couldn't tell he was horrified or amazed.
"Yes, we all escaped from Blackmist. Besides meeting up with Ethan I need to personally go back and see the death of the snake king or he'll hunt me down and kill me himself."
"The snake king doesn't leave the forest why would he leave for you?"
"The king has the first pick of the females. He keeps all the young ones till they come of age and he'll choose whether he keeps her or gives her to the rogues. The young females aren't beaten too much and aren't touched till they're old enough, but we all feared our heat. When he decides what to do with us." I never looked forward to my heat but being there made me fear it.
"In some special cases, the king will choose a chosen to personally carry his litter and be his show-off girl. He chose me to be one of them sadly. All of it was disgusting and I hated every moment of it. At first, the other females thought I had it good till I was almost raped in front of all of them then beaten nearly to death the next day but only the other chosen female saw that part, everyone else just heard about it. It was an all-for-one environment and I was completely alone and yet when it was time for me to escape I brought the young ones with me." I shrugged my shoulders like it was nothing and walked past Noah.
"Were you going to leave without them?"
"Honestly, yes. I just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. A couple of weeks after I got there I started to learn the place, the people, where I could hide what I could do. I started to plan my escape. For over two years I risked so much and went through even more and the only thought that went through my mind was I'll escape soon and be free of this place and the king. Now that I'm free I fear he'll come after me. No, I know he will." I wanted to cry so badly. My beauty is going to get me killed. I've lost my family, the male I want is somewhere I can't find, and now I have a powerful male after me that will either kill me or he'll lock me up and torture me.
"Are you going to be alright?"
"I don't know yet. After this is over I want to find someone and feel safe again, then maybe I'll feel better."
"So what made you decide to bring the others with you?"
"Nature says a male is only supposed to have one female spouse, so nature started to backfire with the king. He had several spouse's but none were getting pregnant so he had to start getting rid of them without the female rejecting him."
"He started killing his spouse's?"
"Yes. He only plans to keep the chosen ones and kill all the others which included my friend Polly. She did her best to stay strong but she wasn't pretty enough. She knew it and tried to reject the king so he slit her throat after the first word. After that, I knew I needed to bring the others with me or they'll all be killed. The last of my people we're going to be killed. I couldn't let that happen." I wiped the tears that made their way down.
"You want to have some fun?" He gave me a big smile before grabbing my hand and making us run.
"Just run and let it go with the wind." He let go and we took off running. None of the others would run with me. I always did it by myself.
Noah had the right idea. I needed this. It felt so good to let loose with a run. We laughed and played and ran and hunted together. It felt amazing. This is my idea of freedom and happiness.