The Feral Mate

Chapter 73

As time went on, watching Okami grow up, fixed my broken heart, not completely, it will never be 100% fixed, not until the next life when I'm returned to the one I love.

In a blink of an eye, Okami was just about to turn 16 in a few weeks, I've been so proud of him, Brax took both of us under his wing and showed us how to work the farm, just like his mother, he loved to tend to the horses, this least year, I've started to step away from the farm and concentrate more on the River retreat, my body isn't as it used to be, how Brax can still do it at his age, boggles me.

I was sat on the bench under the tree River and I always sat under, reminiscing, the bench was put here by Pasha as a memorial for River after her first anniversary of her death, “hey Dad, here, I brought you something to eat, I haven’t seen you all day” “sorry, I've been in a slump today, it was 17 years ago today when I marked your mother” “Dad, why haven’t you mated with anyone else since her?” “Your mother was the only one that I wanted, the thought of mating someone else felt like I was cheating somehow, I also had you to look after, the farm, the retreat, all while looking after the pack that grew to the size it is now, back then, when your mother was here, it was not even close to 100, now, it’s close to 250, my plate if very full” “I’m nearly an adult, I don’t need looking after, the farm has Brax, Asha, Harvi and myself, the retreat has Reed, how about now?”

I thought for a second then replied “No, I loved your mother very much, I don’t think I could love anyone like I loved her, I don’t think it’s fair on the mate that I will be with” “I’m calling bull shit, you haven’t ever tried to let anyone else into your heart, you won’t know until you try, what about Carla? She lost her mate that she loved a few years back, I've noticed her getting shy when she talks to you” “that’s because I'm the True Alpha, a lot of Lycan’s get nervous around me” “I’m calling bull shit again” “where is all the bad langue coming from? I think you may be spending too much time with Asha” “Dad, I know you keep saying that you are ok being alone but, I'm not going to be you little pup much longer, one day, I will be mated with Ashina and start our own family” “with Ashina?” “Yeah, it’s looking that way, not just yet, we are going to wait until she is ready”.

Ashina is Pasha and Atlas’s second pup, they found out that she was with pup the day after River passed, when I returned, she was heavily pregnant, I had noticed that they had been getting closer, they always have been friends.

Pasha and Atlas have had three pups, Skoll 16 boy, Ashina 15 girl and Wolfie 12 boy, he’s also friendly with Asha’s pups, Hati 10 girl and Fenrir 6 boy.

Pasha and Atlas had a few issues after having Wolfie, Atlas had a health scare but Pasha got really sick to the point it wasn’t looking good but thank the Gods he did and they are expecting there forth pup due three days after Okami’s birthday.

“What’s the harm in talking to her, no one is telling you to mate with her, just talk, that’s all I ask, look, she’s over there, CARLA” he shouted and waved her over, “Okami, what are you doing?” “Just talk” “evening Alpha Huxley, Okami, is everything ok?” “Yeah, everything is ok, my dad would like to talk to you for a moment, please sit here” Okami said standing up, “is everything ok Alpha Huxley? I've not done anything wrong have I?” “No, no, you haven’t, my son is trying to play matchmaker” “I don’t know what he is talking about” he said holding up his hands and ran away, “I’m sorry about this” “no, it’s ok, I like talking to you”.

We hit it off very well, I would walk her back to the house she was staying at, since River died, we have built eight houses, Carla lives in the fifth one, I do really like her and she does me but both our pasts hold us back, I told her straight out that River was my one true love, she told me the same about Drew, her mate that died in a car accident.

A few years later we mated and I marked her, the twins came shortly after, Carla shocked me with the name’s she chose, we had two girls, River Perri and Drew Opal, I was floored, she knew how much River and Opal meant to me and I know how much Drew and Perri meant to her, having them both present in their names, “well the naming theme is well known wolves of the past, I saw this fitting” I hugged her go tight “thanks, this means the world to me”.

We had one more pup three years after the twins, a little boy called Raiju, we stuck to the Japanese theme with our last pup, Okami took over the pack when he was 27, I had been weening him into it for years to take over the pack, I was reluctant to completely let go of the pack but there was complications when Carla gave birth to Rajiu, I needed to take care of her and my family.