Beastmen Love

Astri is traveling in Claud’s memories, and he’s watching her reactions and beautiful face. He’s taking the opportunity to save all details of her face in his mind.

"At first, I didn’t care if she would be brought here, but now that I know that she won’t be happy here and she won’t have a life... I would leave everything I’ve built just for her. Do you think I’m being unreasonable, my friend?"

"No.. I understand. I had a mate once, and if it wasn’t you I wouldn’t have survived the backlash. I know the feeling of being in love. You have built all this, you can do it again and also be happy with her. The existence of you both is important to all of us, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be happy too." Galion says, smiling.

He did everything to come not only because he had to teach her, but because he simply wanted to finally touch her, and be with her. Not even thinking about who they are.

Watching her beautiful face with closed eyes, Claud couldn’t hold his desire anymore.

"Stop me if you don’t want this." He softly says and kiss her lips softly, he just wanted to taste them and he already felt he could be addicted already.

She opens her eyes and looks at him, then opens a beautiful smile and kisses him hugging his neck.

He kisses her back hugging her waist, feeling her little body against his and her warmth.

That feeling he never imagined of having, of his heart wanting to explode and his body trembling in passion.

They stop kissing to take their breath back, he sighs happy with his forehead on hers. She smiles at him and holds his face.

"You readed the letter." She affirms.

He smiles and nods.

"Though I wasn’t sure of what kind of love you said.."

"Now you know?"

"Yes. I know. And I finally know the feeling your other spouses have." He says, pressing her closer to him feeling her warmth.

"I was scared of telling you and things become awkward between us.."

"I understand. I was afraid more of being happy. I realized I was postponing our meeting because I knew that I would need to admit that I love you. But even distant I had to face that."

She passes her fingers on his cheek and then on his hair.

"I completely understand."

"Can I become your male?"

She chuckles.

"What kind of question is that? Isn’t it obvious?" She says.

"I love the fact you treat me this way. Hope your other spouses accept me smoothly and understand that I’m the Higher Priest but I’m a male besides all."

"They already do. Yesterday night they told me that they will accept only you and no one else."

"Oh.. I also think that I can’t handle more males.."

She giggles.

"You’re a normal male indeed." She says, then kissing him again as he chuckles.

When they go back to the living room to check the cubs, Cyprian sees the energy change coming from Claud. He’s visibly happy. Astri too.

"Welcome to the family, my friend." Cyprian says to Claud.

Claud nods with a smile.

"Thank you, my friend. I think it’s obvious now." Claud answers.

"Yes. I never saw you so happy. Or showing any kind of feelings."

"Like you said. Now I have a meaning for that."

Cyprian smiles and nods, understanding Claud’s feelings entirely.

Middle of the afternoon Zin comes back carrying two big preys. It was already ready to cut in pieces and cook.

"Welcome home." Astri says going to him and welcoming him with a kiss. Zin kisses her back lovingly." What do you want to do with those preys?" She asks him.

"We have a lot of smoked meat. I was thinking about eating fresh meat for a change. What do you think?" He answers.

"Good idea. Let’s make some steaks with vegetables and eggs, then." She tells. He nods agreeing.

"I brought something else." He says, then he pulls from his bag his own skin, then gives it to her." I changed my skin." He speaks.

He becomes a little nervous by instinct, but in a blink of an eye his anxiety faded away when she smiled happy.

"So beautiful! We can make a lot more clothes for Yuki and some more accessories. Thank you, dear husband." She says and hugs him.

He hugs her back feeling happy. She passes her hands on his back, then on his face.

"Your skin feels so smooth now! You’re almost shining! You look younger." He chuckles as she passes her hands on his face like examining him." Handsome snake." She says, smiling, and then kisses him one more time.

Zin is sure that he’s the luckiest snake ever, and that no other snake experienced the love he has for this female.

They start preparing dinner together and then Claud comes to help again. Astri welcomed him warmingly, letting him find his own space and showing what he can do.

When Wayde and Lee are back, they’re also welcomed with kisses. All of them smelled Claud on her, and noticed he’s closer to her, so they imagine they accepted each other.

Wayde prepares everyone’s bathtubs, warming the water.

"Go have your bath, love. We need to talk to Claud and let him know the rules." Lee says.

"Rules?" Astri asks.

"Yes. Male thing. Don’t worry."

Astri looks at her other spouses and they’re looking like they want to talk indeed.

"All right.." She says.

Cyprian helps her take the cubs to their bedroom.

"Don’t worry. Lee just wants to make things peaceful. Those rules actually help us not to fight." Cyprian says to Astri.

"I trust you, guys. I love all of you." She speaks, then kisses his lips.

He smiles, and then he goes back to the living room. Claud was standing next to the table, peeling a fruit when Cyprian was back.

"We didn’t know Higher Priests could have a female." Lee says.

"How did you think I was born? My father had the same duty with Nature, but who created this role of Higher Priest wasn’t us. I just embraced it for protection." Claud asks with a smile.

"Good point. I just heard that you weren’t interested in having a female." Wayde speaks.

"I wasn’t. But Astri is different and you all know that. I didn’t want a female that was only hungry for power."

"Now I understand. I really do, I didn’t want any female before meeting Astri either." Lee says.

"What is your duty with Nature?" Zin asks, curious.

"The same as Astri’s. Keep the balance. Our connection with Nature makes the world more balanced. Though Astri is the perfect connection with Nature." Claud answers.

"This duty will make her leave frequently?" Wayde asks.

"No. I spent more than 100 years in one place and just left now. She will need to learn using her powers, that’s all. Are we talking about rules or her?"

"We just got curious. Whatever she does will affect all of us."

"All right. We will talk about her when she’s here. How many marks do you have?" Lee asks.

"6."

All of them, not only Cyprian, got shocked.

"Only that..? Sorry. I expected more for someone so powerful."

"Marks are different for unicorns. He might only have six, but he can defeat all of us here without even touching us. His six marks is the same as 20 for us." Cyprian speaks.

Zin, Lee and Wayde are looking at Claud imagining all that power. It doesn’t look like he’s that powerful, but they can feel he’s powerful.

"Astri will be more powerful than me. That I can assure you." Claud speaks.

"All right.. About the rules. We shift turns of duties like guarding her, taking care of the cubs, helping her with dinner and her projects. At night, she can’t decide with whom she wants to spend the night so all of us sleep together but we shift who sleeps next to her. Now we will add one more shift between Wayde, Zin, Cyprian and me to stay with her too. Whenever you want to be intimate with her at night, tell us beforehand that we will spend the night in other bedrooms. However, we can’t overwork her doing it everyday, so you can’t think about having her everyday because there’s us too. Be gentle with her and don’t cross her boundaries. With the cubs, you can call us to help after you two are done or not, depending on how difficult they are. Tell us beforehand if you will leave with her somewhere, take more guards and make love to her somewhere she can be seen by anyone is forbidden." Lee explains. He looks to Wayde." Is there anything else?"

"Now that we have cubs and she breastfeeds she’s getting tired faster, so even if you’re not done, you need to stop for her health. Always remember to make her eat because she’s getting thinner and thinner." Wayde says.

Claud only nods, agreeing with everything.

"How is pregnancy for unicorns?" Zin asks.

"It takes around 120 days and we have only one foal. Since she’s a Pegasus and I’m a unicorn, there’s a little chance of us having a Pegasus too. I have some kind of Pegasus blood since unicorns come from them." Claud says.

"We already have a lot of guards, because both you and her need to be protected. If monsters get you there will be chaos. But you two also have the chance to bring an almost dead beast kind back. It’s something important and good." Cyprian speaks.

"I’m curious about something.. Astri being a Pegasus, will she live long like you?" Wayde asks Claud.

"Being healthy, yes. It’s said that Pegasus can live forever if not killed. The Demon King killed her father to take his immortality." Claud answers.

They get shocked.