Beastmen Love
Chapter 154: Secrets Revealed

hapter 154: Secrets Revealed

While they walk to the Central Area, people are already looking at them in silence and in awe. However, the bigger attention was on Astri because the word about what happened ran through everyone, including females.

All of them can see she’s very hurt, they feel divided on what they should feel about her. They always saw her as the most beautiful female, as the most desired, strong enough to protect her territory, but never as someone stronger than males. Even more having powers to defeat giant worms by herself, raise walls and create rivers like playing with magic.

"We know you have several questions, but first let me explain everything and if you still have questions, we will answer them after." Lee says and they wait for him to continue. "When I say we, I include myself, Wayde, Tyr, Koa, Beau, Zin, Cyprian, Claud, Dieg (Insert the other name), and Kangki. We have powers. Claud and Kangki have powers because of their kinds, and the rest of us developed powers because we’re mated to the rarest and most powerful beast that exists."

All eyes go to Astri, waiting in Kangki’s arms. Claud explains about Nature, and his real identity.

"That’s crazy. We had the Higher Priest all this time?" A male says.

"I came here to be together with Astri." Claud answers.

"And who is Lady Astri? She looked more powerful than you and that other Beastman over there." Another male asks.

Before Claud answers, Astri stops him. Astri asks to be put down, Kangki puts her on her feet and she feels pain. Shung appears with a stool, and she sits down slowly.

"Sorry, my body is very sore. Everyone can sit if you want. We’re having a conversation, right?" She says.

The people closer to them sit down, but the ones behind stay on their feet to be capable of seeing her

"I’m known by many names. Names that most of them I don’t like or use. The one I agree with is Nature’s Daughter. I’m an ancient beast, the first beast created. I’m a Pegasus. From my kind came the unicorns like Claud. I have Nature’s powers and I’m also a bridge of Nature’s energy. You all know that when a male and female mate, they share a bond. When this bond is connected to me, my male will also share my powers, and that’s why all my spouses have Nature’s powers according to their own energies. It’s not all Nature’s energy, just the power that fits them better. Kangki and Claud are different. Claud is a unicorn and has his own connection with Nature. Kangki is an ancient beast like me and also has his own connection."

"So this attack was because they were after you?" A female asks, crossing her arms.

"No. I would be an addition to their victory if they could defeat us, that’s all." She answers.

"How’s that? If you give your mates powers, anyone would want you. Now we know why you get the strongest males."

"I chose my mates because I love them, and I like to think they chose me for the same reason. I didn’t know who I was until I met Cyprian. I was raised not knowing I was even a beast, I was a slave before. I always wore winter clothes to hide that I never shifted before, and after shifting I wore them to hide my Pegasus mark. Though, you’re welcome to speculate anything you want."

The female didn’t have anything to say after hearing that.

"Of course, we’re with you because we love you." Koa says, and the other spouses agree right after.

"So, that’s why you’re harder to convince to be mates with? Because you can give them powers?" A male asks.

"I give my mates not only powers but eternal life. Not only them but also the people around me. Even our Guards are affected by me. I know when someone approaches me for the wrong reasons, I can read minds like Claud and Kangki, but Nature also tells me anything I need to know about someone. So I’m not worried about choosing bad people to stay around me. It’s harder for me to accept anyone because I take my responsibility as a spouse very seriously. I must care and love all of them the same way they do for me because I don’t want them to fight or be unhappy. I want them to grow and be happy in our family. I’m different, in other words, so the male needs to understand that things will be different too and that it takes long for me to accept someone." She explained, and all single males were very attentive to her words. "But why is that important right now? Do you have any other questions regarding my powers or anything else?" She asks, with a smile.

A male raises his hand slowly, and she points at him letting him speak.

"If you could have finished them faster, why didn’t you come earlier and before we were in a hard situation?" He asks.

"Because we told her to not put herself at risk." Wayde says, matter of fact, as there wasn’t a more obvious reason.

"She’s our female. It’s our duty to protect her and not put her in danger." Lee says.

"I might be powerful, and know how to protect myself, but I still have a fragile body as you can see." She shows her hand to them.

The male goes silent, it’s visible she’s very hurt.

"She’s not supposed to fight to protect our lands. She’s supposed to exist and with her energy of life keep the balance." Claud explains.

"But now Monsters will always aim at us knowing she’s here. Wanting or not she’s a risk to have in our tribes." The last female Astri fought says.

"The Monsters came here to try to get this territory somehow. Even if I didn’t exist here, this territory has a privileged position desired by everyone who sees it. Monsters want dark energy, and they get that from people who have nurtured evil inside them for a long time. They noticed we were growing not only in territory and wealth, but in your hearts things were changing too. They came to put this seed of doubt against us so that evil can grow and they can get what they want. A territory where they can build a massive pit of dark forces." Astri explains.

The female crosses her arms, still not changing her opinion.

"Astri didn’t bring any danger here. We’re lucky to have her!" Shung says, angry and already annoyed.

"You knew about her Leader Shung?" A male wolf asks.

"Yes. I’ll always be grateful for having her here. And I believe all of you should be too because we wouldn’t be nothing without her." Shung says.

"If you believe she’s a threat, she will always be welcome in my Kingdom. There we were honored and welcomed her because she’s a Goddess. She saved the Queen from Monsters and didn’t let Aquaterra fall." Beau mentions.

"In my old tribe, she was seen as Goddess too." Koa says.

"I’m not saying she’s not powerful. I’m just saying she brings danger." The female rebukes.

"Calm down, guys. She’s welcome to speculate whatever she wants." Astri says, before her spouses and Shung protect her. "It’s not wrong that any Monster would love to have me, and affecting the ones around me is a way to weaken me. That was their plan from the beginning doing this attack. Their commander just didn’t imagine I would extend my powers to the extension of exposing me like I did." Astri says.

"So you admit you bring danger?"

"Danger will always exist. Didn’t it exist before my arrival here?"

"Well, yes. But if you make things worse. I mean you said you can read minds, what can assure me that you won’t control me to do things you want too?"

Astri chuckles and then raises her hand slowly to stop her spouses from saying something nasty.

"If I could do that I could have done this to make you stop talking now. If I could, could have convinced the Monsters to not come here. If I could all of you wouldn’t be even here. Nature can’t control your thoughts, decisions and doings, I’m the same way." Astri says.

The female lost her voice, not knowing what to say back too.

Then to some’s surprise, Ana walks forward a little calling everyone’s attention

"Once there was a Monster pretending to be a lion beastman in the probation area. He was there looking for a way into our tribes, and blinded by his strength I’ve let him in. I didn’t know he was a Monster, I just wanted to show everyone that not only Astri has powerful mates. When he saw her he showed who he truly was and said that he had the right to have me because I chose him myself. She could have let him take me, but she didn’t. She made him leave without taking me, and protected my family of being caught by him or other Monsters. Monsters fear her and they never came inside these walls." Ana tells.

"Why you say that she could have let you be taken by him?" A male asks.

"Monsters are attracted by evil and dark energies. That’s what Ana had before and she attracted the evil to herself. The moment she accepted him, he had put a claim on her life. Astri didn’t allow him to take her away from her territory, even if Ana brought that to herself." Claud answers.

"And why did you help her? She was always mean to you before." A female asks.

"No one is obligated to like me. I don’t care if any of you like me or not. I helped her because I didn’t want Shung and Fraz to suffer. I did the right thing to do." Astri answers.

"You must have given her some power so she started to like you. I know her males has important positions in the tribes."

Kangki even rolls his eyes, so tired of this back-and-forth discussion. He looks at Astri’s bruises and his aura starts to get angry, making everyone look at him aware of the upcoming danger.