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When she was done, Jose slammed the knife down and walked out of the room going on about her business. Scarlet took the knife and made Doctor Allan smell her blood. He could understand what she was talking about and knew that Jose was not going to last much longer without treatment.
As Doctor Allan studied the blood Scarlet looked at Robert, not knowing what was wrong with him. She asked "What just happened? What did she do to him?"
Everyone in the room just looked at her like she had about 5 heads, not understanding how she wouldn't know about the Connection Symbol. How did Mates work where she came from, they all wondered.
Doctor Allan said "She just broke the Connection Symbol. That is how others know how many Mates a Female has. The mark makes it to where they can give the Female Strength and find them with, they get lost. The symbol shows up on the arm and the stronger the feelings the Female has for the Male the more of a Band Circles around the arm. Most Females just have the symbol and only a few have part of a band."
Tanking a breath before continuing "Once a Female decides to abandon the Male and all she need do is cut it and the bond is broken. Often the Males will never be able to function properly after. Most lose their ability to Change Forms, or they can't take it they Lose their Minds and End their Lives. If by some Miracle they can recover, they can try find a New Female to be with, but that is Rare. There is also Energy shared to keep the Female Healthy by giving her Their Health and Strength."
This was fascinating; and Scarlet now knew about the Pictures on the Females arms. Doctor Allan looked at Scarlet and said, "How is it that you have so much knowledge about medicine, but you don't know such a basic thing?"
Scarlet brushed off the question by saying "I am a Human from over the ocean and things don't work that way."
This surprised them and opened a whole new can of worms. Scarlet was pounded with questions after that "How do you show that you are mated?" "How do Males court Females where you are?"
They just went on and on with the questions. Scarlet just tuned them out and didn't want to talk to them about this too much. Kneeling by the Male and tried to get his attention. He had been out of it since Jose left.
SMACK!!
Scarlet smacked him in the face with some of her Energy in it to make sure that he felt it. That seemed to be doing something because he looked at her with dead eyes.
Scarlet smiled and said "Good I got your attention I'm sorry that you just got a Divorce. They really can suck, but you can't let it destroy you. There is a person for everyone, and you just had the Wrong One. You learned that she was not the One that you are meant to be with and now you will not be so hasty to just pick any Female, take your time and just follow your heart. You now have the chance to have your Female walking around with more than just your picture on her arm. Next time you can have her showoff a band as well."
The Males were all just looking at Scarlet and none knew what to say. Everything out of this Little Females mouth was Direct, Random, or just completely unlike anything they have EVER heard a Female say before.
Travis recovered first and said "She is right. This is not your end. It is your New Beginning." He walked over to Robert and pulled him up. "Just take your time and get yourself together. This time you can look for a Female that is Right for you."
Robert was still in a daze and said "I don't know how to feel. I feel like my life was a waste."
Scarlet looked at him and said "I have just the thing for you. All we need is an open space. Leader would you please lead the way. The bigger the better."