Those In The Forest

Part 62: Hazel

A few days later

We stood in the meat shack, watching as our Elders and Alphas prepared their kills.

Rose and I wanted to hunt something for the party, but they told us no. As pissed off as I was about it, I had to worry about other things. Things like Reagan's period messing with all of our emotions.

Being able to feel everything she can is exhausting, more so now that her hormones are intensified. When she gets angry, we get angry. When she's sad, we're sad. We've trying our hardest to keep her happy, especially since Karina and Celia said she might be depressed.

Reagan is making that hard. Or at least her period is. How humans handle those is way beyond me. Seems like a pain in the ass, and because we are mated to her, this is our life.

I wouldn't trade it for the world, though. I love her, so I shall endure this for the rest of my life. It's not like I have a choice, but even if I did, I would choose this if it gave me her and my mates.

Lennox was skinning the deer while Avah was gutting the previous one she finished.

Karina and Celia were wrapping it up so bugs and other critters can't get to it when we travel with it. The shake was cooled enough that it would be safe throughout these next few nights.

The party is in a couple more days, and my body is buzzing with excitement. I'm kind of angry that Reagan is still on her period. Our Elders and Alphas said it should only last a week, and we are meeting the week mark. Hopefully, tomorrow, it will be over. If it's not, then the first full moon party Reagan has ever experienced, she won't be able to enjoy all of the festivities.

"The packs that will be at this party... how many of them see my mating as an abomination?" Reagan's question cut through the silence in the room.

We all looked at her, shocked by her question.

Lennox tapped the knife on the wooden table the deer was lying on. "All of them," she answered sadly. "But they will be too focused on the party to care. Well, some of them will. You might get a few side eyes." she cringed.

"So you kind of lied to me. I might not be the outcast, but that's because it will be all of us." Reagan said sadly.

I don't understand where this is coming from. Her heart is beating at a steady rhythm. But her breaths are picking up; it's almost like she's about to cry. My throat constricted, and my eyes started to burn.

What the hell?

I shook my head.

Karina pursed her lips. "Trust me, if anyone comes to you, I will handle it. But knowing them, they won't be brave enough to say anything."

Reagan bit her bobbling bottom lip, "yeah, sure." she sniffed.

I looked at Iris, Rose, and Ivy, who looked like they were on the verge of tears as well. I threw my head back. Her fucking period is going to kill us.

Clearing my throat, I tried to change the subject. "I feel like their dirty looks will be child play to how it's going to feel when it really dawns on all of us that we can't fuck you at this party." my subject change was still sad, at least to me, but it seemed to make her smile.

"I mean, you get to have sex with each other." She replied.

I'm happy she is comfortable having these conversations in front of our superiors. When we first told her our kind was extremely intimate, she seemed put off, but now... now she's done things... says things that even we haven't done in front of them.