My Odd Mates

Snakeman

Drake has been wandering for almost three long years now. He’s been looking for his fated mate. His kind no longer believe in such things and consider them as myths or punishment for them. But he is different. He has faith in what he believes in. He is trying to do good deeds to receive the goddess’ mercy and would grant him his heart’s desire. Snake shifters like him are rare in this world. He is one of the 3 known snake men, and the youngest, although only a select few know they are real. Some consider them gods. He is already 300 years old, although they no longer count their age. Their species of shifter is different from other shifters. Their origin is always a mystery to others, but to the three of them, especially to him as the youngest, he knows everything about their species. He is not a creature from this world. The world from where his father is, the father of the werewolves, the father of the tigrecentaur, and the father of the avian tribe are already out of their reach. It is a place that can only be reached if their goddess Selena allows it. And it is only possible through transmigration.

Yes, transmigration. That is how their mother arrived in the beast’s world, although up until now, they cannot explain how. The world of beasts is a world dominated by male species of shifters. Females are rare in their world. A woman can have as many as 5 fated mates, but very rare, and as many as she likes as chosen mates. In their world, the ratio of the population is imbalanced. A hundred beasts to a single female. But having many mates is necessary in their world for a woman to survive because of so many dangers. Therefore, having so many mates is normal. Males understand that they need to give in to others to protect their female mate. But conceiving a female baby is very hard in this world. Females often give birth to multiple beasts.

Beasts in the beast world are born according to their biology. For example, wolves are born as pups, snakes are born in an eggshell, leopards and tigers are similar to wolves, while eagles and other flying creatures are the same as the snake. They are conceived for several months or a month, 4 at most for mammals, before they are birthed. But females are born like those of a human. They are conceived for 9 months and are born human, delicate and weak.

Once you are mated to them, you will be mated for life. One interesting thing about these beasts is the different strips that they have, which is a sign of their strength. A certain beast can have 5 marks at most and they will be considered the king of that species. Strips are signed of their strength. The more the strips, the stronger they are and the higher chance of being chosen as mates. Females value strong male beasts and their strips increase over time.

During the winter season, the lowest ranked mate will be fed to the female due to the lack of a source of food. And mates who die that way are happy because they can become a part of their mate. They are willing to die for the female who chose them.

The beast can transform into their human form once they are 15 years old and be considered an adult. They are born strong and trained by their fathers at a young age. Once they turn 15 years old, they live on their own.

It was just after 10 years of living in the beast world when, suddenly, our mom was pulled out of it and woke up back to this human world without her mates. She prayed fervently to the goddess to be able to live in the human world with her mates because she knew that they would die without her. Her mates are all five stripped beasts, considered to be king of their kind. The goddess took pity on her and, one by one, pulled them out of the beast's world and placed them in this world.

The first one to arrive in this world is Drake’s father, Driven. He is a snake-man and can shift into a complete snake form. He can also morph into a half-human, half-snake form. Or he can be completely human. He is happy when he learns that he is the only mate my mother has in this world. He made sure to impregnate her and she gave birth to Drake and several other brothers after a month.

But snakes are different from other beasts. Once they hatched, their father would bring them to the forest and leave them alone. Whoever survives, survives. A lot of them died, some even ate their own siblings. The fathers are afraid that they would steal their mates from them, and it is also the memories they inherited from their ancestors. Their females are often not their mates but were others’ mates and they just snatched them to be their forced mate. Most of them are feral beasts who acted out of their animalistic instinct instead of reason. Snakes have photographic memories. Aside from that, they can inherit all the memories of their fathers and their fathers’ father before they were born. They are wise and cunning.

These memories are all engraved in his memory. His father was not a fated mate but a chosen one. He was a feral beast. His mother, who chose him, is a very kind, gentle and patient woman. She always sees the good in everyone and so he was able to experience a different kind of love compared to his grandfather, whose mate was a stolen female from the tribe of leopards. But his father believed that his children would be like his ancestors and would snatch his mate from him. So, before they even hatched, they were thrown out into the forest despite the protests of their mother. Only 10 of them survived but he and his brothers ate the others in the fight for survival and in competition between the strongest and they are the only three left. The strongest. He is the youngest among these 3.

They wandered in the wilderness alone and survived on their own. They were able to track down their family’s location. He was the last one to arrive in their palace deep in the woods 2 years after his 15th birthday. Their mother accepted them wholeheartedly and their father cannot refute them.

His mother stays young all throughout this time, even though she is a human, because of a handful of crystal beads bought by his father from the beast's world. These crystals are the heart of a humongous beast from that world. The crystals can heal anything and a human who consumes them can live a couple of dozen more years and stay youthful. Each crystal, when consumed by human, will be granted youth and beauty. Their father collects the crystal beads for their mom because she loves them. When their father was suddenly called to this human world, he only had 11 crystals with him and was on the brink of madness for his lost mate. Thankfully, those are enough to keep my mom young for several years because those crystals are not available in this human world because those humungous beasts, which we later learned as dinosaurs, were already extinct or no longer exist.

On Drake’s 16th birthday, another prayer from his mother was heard, and his mother's mate, who was a wolf, was summoned to this world. Unlike snakes, wolves do not hate their children but cherish them. Drake’s mom was pregnant with 10 pups from her wolf mate, and they are the ancestors of the werewolves. Drake’s father’s jealousy had driven him mad because he thought that he and his mate would be forever alone together in this world. He snatched all the remaining crystals he gave to his mate and challenged the wolf to a fight. The wolfs mate technically became stronger than that of the snake because he stayed in the beast world for quite some time and fought a lot of dinosaurs. In fact, he has a hundred or so crystal beads in his possession which he later gave to his mother. Drake’s father was defeated and killed but his mother can no longer do anything about it because it was their father’s fault. Out of pity, the mother gave them 3 crystal beads each. The effect of the beads on beasts like Drake is far different to that of a human. It gives them strength and allows them to live a hundred more years.

Drake’s mother birthed 10 pups from his wolf mate when the goddess granted her another prayer. His eagle and tiger mates were also summoned together to this world. Bringing her more crystal to consume. They birthed several more of their own and, through time, the descendants evolved into a more human-like nature. Packs of wolves started to form, as well as packs of tigercentaurs and tribes of avian people. Only the three of them remain as is. None of them mated. His two other siblings stay hidden in the deep mountains in their own territory and are considered gods of those who live within it. Even the descendants of their siblings worshipped them. Some believe that they are just myths. Only Drake tried to live as human as possible. Occasionally, bringing out his beast form in the wilderness to hunt and feed. He also joins wars if he is in the mood.

But Drake’s dream is to find a fated mate because he wants to experience the spark and the bond his friends from the wolf’s community that he met on one of his travels often mention. Three years ago, he left the country where he usually resides and started with his quest. He fervently prays to the moon goddess to grant him a mate, but his search has been futile. He is already on the verge of giving up. He has finally decided that this will be the last country, the Philippines, that he will be travelling to. He will then go back to his country and probably die of boredom or look for his brother and see if their strips increased or if they are stronger now. And oh, by the way, he is already a four-stripped beast. His strip is upon his chin. Most females would swoon at these looks and would think that those four strips are just tattoos. He has very long shiny strong red hair. When he transforms into a full beast, it transforms into the sturdiest scales. But he oftentimes prefers to be half-snake. From his waist up to his head, he is human, but he has fangs and a forked tongue.

He often lives in cities but leaves his things in a hotel and goes deep into the forest at night to hunt for living animals and to have his beast’s needs fulfilled. He chanced upon this cave behind a waterfall and decided to spend the night there before going back home to the hotel. He is a snake, and he loves sleeping in cold places like that. He probably won't hibernate in this country because there is no winter season. He was about to sleep when he heard a beating heart from across the cave where the waterfall is and it extends to a river. It’s a female based on its smell. She smelled of orange and Drake was curious about who it was. He peered through the hole in the cave to see the woman drinking from the stream. She looks ordinary to Drake, but somehow, he wants to eat the woman.

‘Maybe I will leave this woman for breakfast tomorrow’ he thought to himself.

He already had his dinner, a whole wild boar which he chanced upon earlier. To his surprise, the woman dived into the lake and her target was the cave. Drake controls his scent and masks it. He camouflages himself on the ceiling, wondering if the girl will notice him.

‘Wait, she is not just a girl but a she-wolf?’

When the girl enters the cave, his doubts are confirmed. She is a she-wolf. Although she smelled of oranges, she had this unique faint smell of a wolf.

The she-wolf continues entering the cave without fear. She surveyed the area but did not look up to the ceiling where he was hiding. She started a fire and took off her blouse and shorts.

‘hmm. delicious’ Drake was already thinking that he could have a very delicious breakfast in the morning.

The girl then removed her panties and bra, placing it near the fire. Apparently, she wants to dry her stuff. Drake’s hemipenes (the s****l organ of a snake, similar to lizards and alligators) started to harden.

So, he is a male after all.

It’s quite rare for a beast like him to lose control like this. In fact, they can choose when to have it erected like this. They can also make sure they are getting a woman pregnant or not while mating. But his things seem to have a life of their own.

Tsk! This woman, yes, woman. He now calls it a woman. Not a girl anymore. It has the strangest effect on him. Lucky her, he has the most control in the world. It was almost midnight, and the woman was very still. Her breast is heaving up and down in a steady rhythm.

Phew! He is not sure if he can still hold his things!

Seems like he can no longer control his urges. These hemipenes of his is driving him mad. He needs her.

Slowly, he slithered down to the cave and carefully lay down beside the woman. He let out his forked tongue to taste first her luscious lips.

‘hmm… delicious. I think orange is now my favorite.’ After exploring the lips, he let his tongue slide inside the woman’s mouth because it was already slightly parted.

‘Goddess, What a taste!’ The woman moans. She seems too tired to wake up and likes what he is doing. He went on to the woman’s neck, down to the woman’s left breast. He cannot control himself and sucks at it like a child. Still not contented, he bit it a little. The woman suddenly opened her eyes but it's all black and started screaming, contorting her body as if in pain. So much pain…