The Ugly Duckling Of The Tiger Tribe-Chapter 72: Taruna, how do you know when your Estrus is coming?

Chapter 72: Taruna, how do you know when your Estrus is coming?

"Arinya," Fenric’s face lit up and his eyes twinkled at me. "Let’s have one. No, let’s have five. Let’s have five cubs."

What?!

Does he even know what it takes to have five cubs at once?

This guy wants to put me in an early grave, it seems.

Taruna laughed.

"Your spouse is so excited." She said. "You should hurry and have cubs of your own. They’re a blessing."

Her words gave Fenric even more boldness.

He wrapped his tail around mine even more intimately, blushing at my face as he drew near, slowly closing the gap between our faces.

"You hear that, wife? Let’s hurry and have our own. They’ll be adorable."

"What’s the rush?" I asked, my hand over my face as I faked a cough. My heart was racing fast. He was so close just now, I almost fell for his temptation. "We still have a long way ahead of us."

"But I want to have cubs with Arinya soon," he said, his hand landing on my thigh, and I shuddered.

What’s wrong with me?

I’m reacting too much to his little provocation.

I won’t push away the idea of having sex since it’s only normal for a couple to do it whenever they want, but we can’t do that here.

Is it normal for a couple to mate in another person’s house like this?

I pressed my hand on his face.

Whether normal or not in this era, I don’t welcome it. Especially not when the host of the house is right in front of us.

"Let’s discuss that once we’re back at my cave," I mumbled and this got him even more excited.

"Then, let’s hurry and head back. Aren’t you done now?" He asked.

He was so excited to the point that the excitement was rubbing off on me.

"Yes, I can call it a day here," I said and looked at the cub in my hand.

Having a cub, huh?

I don’t think I’ll have one until my Estrus. That reminds me.

"Fenric, just wait for me outside for a bit. I want to ask Taruna something." I said and Fenric obediently got up. He was taking the cub with him and I cleared my throat. "Without the cub."

"Oh," he said, looking at the cub in his hand. "It’s just so cute that I wanted to take it with me. Can I?"

"No!" I immediately flared.

How can you take someone else’s child like it’s an accessory?

Fenric laughed and then placed the cub down.

"I was just kidding. I know I can’t take the cub with me." He said and then grinned. "I’ll just hurry and make some with Arinya later."

My face heated up. He was being so shameless. So sexily shameless.

"Wow, you have such an affectionate spouse," Taruna said and I shook my head. "He’ll treasure you for life."

Yeah, it seems so.

"What was it that you wanted to ask?" She asked and I sighed.

I turned to her after getting rid of the rush of embarrassment flowing through me.

"Taruna, how do you know when your Estrus is coming?"

Taruna looked at me silently for a second and then blinked.

What’s this reaction and silence? Does she not know?

I gulped silently, my breath feeling a little pressure.

The way she calmly stared at me... She had never looked at me like that before and it worried me. What was she thinking?

Maybe it’s such a weird question that she does not know how to react.

Maybe it’s such common knowledge that it feels weird when I ask about it.

"That..." I wanted to try and change the topic or maybe make an excuse as to why I asked when she laughed...

She laughed a little and then looked at me.

"Sorry, I was caught in a thought for a while."

It was such a long while.

"You must not be used to your Estrus, especially now that you’re marked it’ll feel completely different from before you were marked."

Ah, thank God she doesn’t think it’s weird or anything like that.

"First and foremost, your mark starts itching." She said and I took notes in my mind. "And then when your spouse gets closer, their scent makes you feel a little dizzy, like you’re feeling good, something along that line."

I nodded, still taking mental notes.

"Anything else?" I asked. Those tips were already very useful but I’m sure there are others.

I might feel the first and second out of coincidence, and it may not be my Estrus, so let’s look for a stronger reaction.

"Hmm," she thought for a bit and then snapped her fingers. "...your body feels like it’s waiting." She said.

"Waiting?"

"Yes, you feel incomplete, and only when your spouse holds you, do you feel whole."

That’s a little misleading. I think I can look out for these symptoms but if they happen one at a time, I’ll know that it’s just a coincidence.

"Then, will there be any effects on my spouse when I’m having my Estrus?" I asked.

"Your scent will get thicker to them." She said and I thought back to how Fenric can already smell me from miles away.

Ah, I just wonder how much thicker my scent would become.

"It smells a little off to them, at first, but then it draws them in. It’s similar to your body speaking to theirs, so they’ll want to naturally mate with you more when you’re having your Estrus."

’That’s why a single female should stay indoors during their Estrus, if they don’t want to end up tempting an innocent male into raping them. That’s nasty.’ I thought but quickly shook it out.

Now that I’ve learned these facts, I’ll know better how to prepare myself.

"Thank you," I said, ready to leave but then she asked,

"Are you asking this so you can prepare to have a cub?" She asked and I paused.

"Well, something like that," I said.

"I’ll wish you good luck, then." She said and I nodded. "And there’s something I forgot to tell you. It’s very important."

I was all ears. She got closer and whispered into my ear, as if she didn’t want Fenric to hear, if he had been listening to our conversation this whole time.

"There’s a sure way to know that your body is ’ready’ to have cubs and that your Estrus is here." She said and this information lit up my curiosity.

She should’ve started with this from the start.

"You’ll wake up to find something from your nether." She said, definitely referring to my pussy. "...it’s a bit rust looking, somehow like blood but it’s lighter. Once your mate smells it, they’ll want to mate with you right away and once that happens, you’ll definitely get a cub of your own."

That was such useful information. It was like having a period but it was different since the blood was just a little bit and only for that moment.

"Thank you," I said, bowing my head at her and she smiled.

"Happy to help."

I walked out with this information in mind. I already know that my Estrus can last for a few days, just as the males can have their rut for a few days as well.

But I just didn’t know exactly how to go about knowing when it would happen.

When I wrote my novel, I was only about making the beasts have sex whenever they wanted, so this Estrus fact... I didn’t include it.

I’m thankful Taruna answered my questions.

And now... I got out and looked at Fenric. It’s time to go back to my cave.