The celestial beast goddess of fertility.

20. Beast gods bloodline

As panic began to set in, shamans bright voice drifted over.

"Settle your heart daughter. The cubs are right here, they are all healthy and have been cleaned."

Shaman knelt next to Sonya and Leo as he gently placed a bundle of black fox fur into Sonya's arms.
In the middle lay six furless cubs.
Sonya sighed in her heart as she thought to herself.
'They look like baby hairless kittens. 

Her full lips pulled into a grin as her heart overfilled with the love she felt towards her little cubs.
Stretching her pale trembling finger out, the cubs meow as they do the best, they can to get closer to her.

Sonya giggled and cooed to the little ones, as she spoke to Leo.

"They're symbols are almost fully colored in."  she sighs as her finger glides over a bright blue lightning bolt on one of their little backs. She didn't notice how Leo tensed up at her words. Leaning over her shoulder, Leo gently picks a cub into his hand. Bringing the baby to his chest, he gently rubs its body as he inspects his symbol with a deep expression on his face. His eyes filled with a mass of emotions; he softly lays a kiss on the cubs' heads before returning it to the others.

Leo subtly gave the shaman a look, understanding what he was trying to imply. Quickly, and quietly shaman cleared the area only the new family remained.
Leo took in a long deep breath before, soothingly rubbing Sonya's arms up and down.

"Honey, I know you may feel a little nervous, but I want you to take a breath and listen to what I'm about to say," Leo spoke softly as he turned Sonya in his arms, holding his hard-earned family in his grasp.

Sonya cradles her cubs to her chest; she gazes into Leo's emotion-filled eyes. Her heart squeezes in worry and fear begins to slither up her spine with every word that leaves Leo's mouth. 

"As you may have realized, all beast men are born with our symbol that represents not only our strength, and status but also our attributes. Most are born with only the outline of our symbols and as we grow, they fill with the color of the corresponding power. It's rare for a beastman to be born with such color-filled symbols, while even rarer to have more than one Attribute symbol as well. That means the Cubs are in a very dangerous situation right now. If a beastman were to eat one of the cubs, they would not only rise in power but also grow another attribute thus upgrading their symbols and having a longer life span like me."

As Leo's words sink in, Sonya's body trembles as tears fall from her eyes. Her grip on the cubs tightens slightly as she looks into Leo's eyes feeling terror wash over her.
Leo is upset to see her breaking down, but he needs to explain what was going on while her bleeding stopped so she can be prepared for what he is about to do.

Leo's hands continuously rubbed soothing circles are he continued to explain.

"This place is no longer safe, as soon as your bleeding stops, we will leave for the island. It's the only place I can be sure they can grow up safe. We won't take anything with us, I'll worry about all of that after I have you and the cubs settled safely."

Sonya unable to muster a word could only nod her head, feeling weak as she had just given birth on top of the sudden stress, she wasn't looking too well.

"I'm going to transition into my main form, it will be a lot safer that way." Setting Sonya gently off him, Leo stands a few feet away. The air crackles and sparks, trimmers flowing g in the air sending the hair on Sonya's arm a stand in awe. 

Leo stood as tall as a building, an all-white majestic lion. White and gold massive wings gracing his back, as the light of the sun hits his wings you can see glimmers of every color as though a diamond reflecting upon the world. Using his massive paws, Leo wrapped Sonya pulling her to his chest. Laying against his soft fur, under his massive mane blocked her completely from sight. 

Leo stretches his wings out as he wraps his entire body in multiple barriers of different kinds. Some for defense and some for comfort for his love. Crouching down Leo pushes off with his hind legs and wings at the same time, propelling his massive form into the sky. It wouldn't take long for them to reach the island at his max speed, knowing only his mate and cubs were the only beast men allowed on the island gave him great comfort, driving him to fly at an impossible speed.

As Sonya was cradled against his chest, she listened to his pounding heart as she realized that she was heading to what will be her forever home. Looking down at her sleeping cubs Sonya thought

 'Well if the island is the only place the children can grow safe and sound that's fine, we'll just have to have a bunch of cubs.'

 
Hmph, Sonya shook her head at herself giggling as she imagined creating a village with her children, and later their mates could come then they could have more. As long as they were blood they could be on the Island. Happy with her thoughts Sonya smiled and fell asleep.

It's been 100 years since Sonya arrived in the beast world, since arriving at the island she has shared all of her knowledge and understanding of her mother's world with Leo. Upgrading their and their 76 son's lives, the world has continued to fall farther into chaos. The female population has dropped as even with how fertile Sonya was, they had yet to have a daughter...