Taming The Queen Of Beast
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father, the King, noticed
ed his face like the mane of the Lion within him. He always stood proud in these moments, his massive shoulders back, no shirt beneath the vest so they could
pologies, until she made it to Aaryn, her best friend. He saw her coming and edged aside so she could fit between him and Gwyn on his right. Gwyn smiled, but her lips were
ght and his ice-blue eyes piercing behind the strands
language they'd developed when she was ten, after he
he jab wasn't accompanied by his usual smile,
igned again. "Sorry.
really upset," he signed, using the clawed fingers they used to symbolize
d created specifically to imply he had no balls-but even when he snor
bes were
s did when he needed to bring the people on his side of whatever Kingly decision he'd made. But Aaryn was right, the ma
rs back and chin down, eyes fierce and teeth bared. He was Reth, the King of Anima, and as E
t allow this distance among the people. We cannot allow tension between the tribes-all of us have seen where that leads. We lived throu
back on the stage, face tight, eyes on her mate, her arms folded beneath her breasts. She look
d back to her father, stress and worry on
-rose, packed with Anima on every inch. All the tribes were there, the people of the lions, the birds, the horses, and serpents-even the few wolf packs that remained loyal to
tood, riveted, as her
he people. But now she sucked in a long, drawn-out breath and
d to Aaryn, the hair on t
ned back, "Never seen
lmost lost her mother. The days when the whole Lupine wolf
the fight?" she
Aaryn's face went flat
e hand cupped around the other fist, but thumbs up, inst
ttle muscles at the back o
d hard for twenty years to begin integrating them more fully into the tribes. And they'd had some success. Especially with the younger people. But recent months had
form. Add to that, he was the son of one of the traitorous wolves that had almost ended her parent's rule right before Elreth was born. He'd only been four when his fa
but allowed to remain in WildWood. They will be given
ices rapidly becoming more insisten
she b
were a few who showed excitement because they'd always been ag
to her toes-then rose agai
of fear and rage. She could hear his hea
w about this?
course not! You
een tribes, you leave us no other option!" her father snarled over the hubbub of the crowd
ched Elreth
is hands clenched. He moved to step forward, but Elreth fisted his sh
or anyone-that threatened someone s
any of them!" she yelled, whirling to face the stage as the e
eyes snapped str
he bared