Chapter 58 Slave Tradition

• I am surprised when I hear this. “ Since your great grandfather did not like your great grandmother, why did he agree to be her mate?” Lily shakes her head. “ Although people in the outside world always praise the love and the loyalty of werewolves, we know that sometimes we choose mates in the way similar to how humans choose their wives.” I am confused. “ What do you mean by similar?” Lily sips some water and continues, “ I mean, werewolves sometimes marry female werewolves for benefits too.” I can hardly believe it. In my mind, I always thought that werewolves only follow their hearts or what their wolves tell them.
• Lily gets closer to my ear and continues, “After his mate died, maybe because of an accident or some man-made things, he held a mate-choosing ceremony in the name of choosing a mate. He invited humans and werewolves. But the werewolves did not want to attend this ceremony, because they had heard of what he had done to his previous mate.” I can not help but interrupt, “ What did he do?” Lily is reluctant to tell the details. She purses her lips and says ambiguously, “ Kind of similar to what my father did...” I cover my mouth in surprise. It seems that there is violent genes passing through generations in Cody is family.
• Seeing me have nothing to say, Lily continues, “He was very angry at that time. He chose among the humans, who were forced to go there, and chose a so-called lover.” “ A lover? Only one?” I ask in surprise. Lily understands why I can not believe it. “ Yes. He did not want to break the werewolves' tradition of choosing one mate only. It is said that he played with the poor girl and killed her very soon. He did not dare to call the human a mate, for otherwise he might be criticized by some conservative werewolves. So he called the girl a human slave. And to have more slaves for fun, he created the slave tradition.” I hit the bed hard to vent my anger. “ He is a total bastard!”