Daughter of Lions by Banks Catherine

Author:Banks, Catherine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction, romance, love, fantasy, young adult, werewolves, teen, shapeshifter, ya, lions, werelions
Publisher: Catherine Banks

CHAPTER TEN

“Victoria, we need to talk,” said Dad from the living room in a sad tone.

My mind was still reeling from the fight with Brandon, but I shoved the feelings down, smiled and walked to him. “What’s up?” I asked. I was good at hiding my feelings most of the time.

He motioned for me to sit and I obeyed, not liking the sadness on his face. Dad rarely showed such serious emotions. A leader could not show weakness or those who wanted his position could take advantage of it. Luckily our pride wasn’t as ruthless as others and he had Mark and Sarah who would protect him should something like that happen.

Dad looked at the ground and then looked at me with the saddest face I had ever seen on him. “It’s about your mom. She was in a car crash.”

Everyone in the house stopped moving and I swore even the crickets stopped chirping. “Is she…”

“She died, honey.”

I stared at my hands in my lap and asked, “When?”

“This morning,” Dad answered. “I’m so sorry, Victoria.”

I bolted from the house, past Brandon who was walking up to the house and out into the forest. Tears blurred my eyes as I ran, but I didn’t slow down. I ran around the lake and into the forest on the other side.

My mom was dead. My last tie to humanity was gone. She was rude sometimes, but she was still my mom and I loved her. Now she was gone. I would never see her again. I would never get to tell her that I loved her and wished we could have spent more time together.

A lion watched as I ran past him, deeper into the woods. I thought it might have been Mark, but I was running too fast to tell. My legs were stinging from the cuts from the bushes I had run through, but I didn’t care. I needed to exert energy.

Now I would have to move here with Dad. I would never be able to date a boy. I would never go to the cheerleading competitions again. I would always be watched. Never alone and yet never with anyone. My one option of happiness had just died with my mom.

I ran until the trees thinned and then disappeared as the ocean appeared. If I moved here I would have to see Paul and Sheila and their cubs. I would have to watch as Mark took a mate and then Brandon. I couldn’t handle seeing Brandon with a mate. The cliff came into view and without hesitating I leapt from the cliff, diving straight down into the ocean, being sure to keep my body in a completely straight line. The cliff was a blur of grey as I fell and then ice cold water surrounded my body. I relaxed and let the current take me down and around, disorienting me. My lungs ached for air and my body felt frozen and stiff.

Why was this happening to me? Why did my mom

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