Ari (Child of the Beastman Goddess)

Lev’s POV

The day Ari’s egg finally hatched, no one was around because the assigned elder at that time had to rush over to the elder healer because he was unwell.

When I woke up, I realized that the insignia on my chest suddenly changed into a lion cub with a wing. I was baffled as I ran to the incubation room and saw that Ari had already broken out of the egg. It’s a female but she has a male passive form. What’s more was that she had a wing similar to the insignia on my chest before it disappeared.

I held the delicate little thing as she clung onto me while sleeping soundly.

Ari was found to be allergic to males later on so I was terrified for her safety even as the alpha of our tribe.

She was condemned by the tribe since it would be impossible for her to marry a male due to her state, but I did my best to protect her.

I assigned the elder healer to take care of her and to find a way to cure her and relieve her from her illness.

We did many tests and trials just to find out a way for her to live a normal life but to no avail.

My daughter was a rare genius, she can already do tough tasks at a young age and she never stopped surprising me with her natural talent for taming beasts and insects.

She was so talented that can create things that no one in this world could ever think of.

Despite her genuine contributions in the tribe, she never allowed me to tell the whole tribe about it so as to not attract any attention.

She was normally reserved and shy, but she was mature enough to decide on her own volition to help once needed. Sometimes, she looked more like a miniature adult.

She easily gets hurt when scolded and criticized, but she can easily adapt to changes and take challenges seriously.

She looked more like the small alpha than I am as how she can easily solve the issues of the tribe with simple to complex suggestions.

She had a very good intuition and she was very convincing that it became impossible for me not to follow her whims.

I know she loves her mother and her siblings dearly. His brothers love her too, but for some reason, Lindie was so insecure about her. I treated them all equally as how I love my Ari.

There were times that I felt lonely because my relationship to Freya became astray ever since she lost some of her offspring to the mosquito incident and the huge boar incident.

Freya blamed me for not being an effective alpha and for endangering her cubs and hatchlings. She hasn’t officially broken her ties with me, though she became indifferent even with Ari.

I did my best, but being alpha doesn’t mean you are perfect. Even Ari was endangered multiple times if not because of the loyalty of the elders to me.

The day Ari manifested her power it was the elder healer who first discovered it. She reported to me that Ari has the power to sustain life, but the cost was her own.

We had no clue on how it would affect her health or even her life if she used it frequently. The only thing we were sure about was that she gets extremely weak after using her powers and that she loses her consciousness for a long time depending on how dire the situation of the patient was.

Even so, Ari grew up so fast that I didn’t realize it until fate knocked on my head when she came back from sneaking outside the tribe.

She told me that she was already a youngling and a bastard was already eyeing her even though she just turned 13 at that moment.

A few days later, Ari didn’t make it home the night when the wedding celebration in the tribe was held.

She never broke her promise unless it’s a life and death situation. It was already the next day when the elders agreed on searching for her.

A report suddenly came out that Dillon was also missing. I was nervous for some reason. I felt as if my heart would explode as we searched for them.

We found them in a cave deep in the forest. She fell unconscious, but Dillon was energetic despite the bruises and wounds all over his body.

There were also poisonous thorns found on the side with Dillon’s blood while Ari only obtained a few scrapes on her hand but she was unconscious for some reason.

It took her a few days before she woke up. I was extremely furious that I had endlessly scolded Dillon for endangering my daughter.

She saved him so I had no choice but to go easy on him. I wanted to crush him with my own fist, but Ari would surely be sad if she knew about it.

The bastard begged to be accepted by our family as Ari’s guardian even during the trial where I learned that he stalked my daughter without our knowledge.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Ari begged me to forgive him so I did even though it was hard for me to accept the reality.

My daughter will soon be taken away by a bastard who was not even as strong as me. How can he ever protect my daughter with just his charms?

One day, I had a terrible hunch when Bhari challenged me to a duel for the alpha position.

There were tremendous complaints from the youngsters that they didn’t want Ari to stay in the tribe so they urged my prospective successor, Bhari to challenge me.

I accepted the challenge despite my hunch so I had no other choice but to trust Dillon about Ari’s safety while asking Acwulf to accept them in the forest wolf tribe if ever I failed to defend my position.

His son, Lowell, the current alpha of their tribe agreed without hesitation as if he already knew my daughter.

Even so, it would be better if he can manage to have my daughter accept him just like Dillon.

I also believe that Orson and Askook will protect their sister, despite Drake and Dov’s warning.

I love Ari, with all my life and more than anything in this world.

I can no longer be her stronghold, but I still believe that these fellows will help me protect her on my behalf even after I take my last breath.

I will miss her the moment I shut my eyes.