Taming the Lion (Shifter Wars Book 3) by Kerry Adrienne

Author:Kerry Adrienne [Adrienne, Kerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2017-07-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Alicia unwrapped a clean gauze pad and took out a roll of medical tape. Changing the bandage would help keep the wound clean.

She laid her hand on his arm, soaking up the warmth that radiated from him. “Why are you in such a rush to get back to the lions? In a couple of days, I think you’d be able to travel. That isn’t long.”

“I need to go as soon as I can. My brother will be looking for me.” Marco stared at the ceiling. “He won’t stop until he finds me, and it won’t matter who’s in the way. He’ll kill bears until he gets to me.”

“I thought you were twins?” She pulled her hand away then dug in her pack until she found the small pair of scissors she’d tossed back in after surgery. “You don’t seem like the type to kill indiscriminately. Unless I’m wrong about you.” She avoided his gaze.

He tensed. “We are twins. We aren’t exactly alike. He’s more volatile than I am.”

“I see.”

He cleared his throat. “I’m the heir to the leadership because I was born first, but we’ll rule together. When my father passes, I mean.”

She nodded. Should she tell him? No. He needed to rest and relax, not get riled up. She’d find a time to tell him. They’d had time to have a few conversations about growing up in Deep Creek already, but they’d avoided the bear/lion politics. She hadn’t told him about Ria.

“He’ll sense I’m alive, of course, and come after me. Pray the gods help anyone who gets in his way.” Marco’s voice trailed off.

“He sounds ruthless.” Alicia shuddered. “Scary.” In truth, Max had been a scary figure to her since she was young. He and Elijah were more like giants of the forest. Larger than life.

“Wouldn’t you be, to save your family?” He turned to her, his eyebrows raised in question. “What’s more important than family?”

“I wouldn’t know.” She set the scissors down and opened the tape and set it beside the scissors on her bag. “I don’t have family other than an adopted grandmother.”

“Wouldn’t you fight to save her?” He grabbed her arm, his thumb trailing up to her elbow where he squeezed gently. “Wouldn’t you do anything to save her?” he whispered.

She slipped her arm out of his grip as tears threatened to spill down her cheeks. “I suppose so. Though I’m not a violent person.” She moved closer to him and dragged her supplies. Of course she would fight, though she wouldn’t want to. She’d fight for her friends too. Were the bears so different than the lions, then? Family came first for the bears, at least most of them. Yet the lions had attacked for land, not in defense of family.

“Family makes people do things they might not otherwise do.”

“Yes. That’s true. My grandmother is the one who taught me the healing ways. She means the world to me. I’d protect her.”

Alicia took a deep breath, inhaling the healing scent of

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