Destined to the Pride by Kristen Strassel

Author:Kristen Strassel [Strassel, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lion shifter, fated mates, doe shifter, family saga, small town
Publisher: Kristen Strassel
Published: 2015-04-08T05:00:00+00:00

DYLAN’S CABIN WAS OUTSIDE of Woodland Park, on a windy road in the foothills on the mountains. Ari shifted back once we got here, thankfully without much trouble. She lay with her head in Dylan’s lap, and he played with her hair absentmindedly. His face was pinched and he definitely wasn’t relaxed.

“What do you think?” Leo asked once we got settled. I sat in his lap on the floor, Dylan didn’t have any other furniture besides the couch. “They let us get away without much of a fight.”

I raised an eyebrow. I’d asked Leo repeatedly on the way here to tell me what that lion had said about me but he refused. “We’re still doing this?” I asked.

“We expected enemies. The mountain is too big to be run off by one pride,” Dylan said, not making eye contact with any of us. “But I think they’re hiding something about that ski area.”

“It looked like whoever ran it forgot to come back.” Ari sat up and stretched. “Even back then, that stuff was worth a fortune. And why hasn’t anyone taken it?”

“They said they didn’t like people. Or does, apparently,” I added. Leo’s arm tightened around me. “That Bid guy was at the coffee shop the other day. He’s the one who kept Linnea away from us.”

“Great,” Dylan groaned. “No wonder he mentioned the trouble on Soldier.”

“He’s still willing to listen to what you have to say,” Ari added, settling against Dylan’s body. “He knows Linnea’s trouble. He said he’d warned her before.”

“He seems like a pretty level-headed guy,” Leo said. “And once he hears our plans, he’ll know we’re not like the rest of the Soldier pride.”

“We’ll go back, find Bid, and reason with the lions,” Dylan finally looked at Leo, and some of the anger started to fade. “They weren’t the leaders of the pride.”

I shivered. “They threatened me badly enough that Leo attacked over it. They chased us off the mountain. You think you’re going to reason with them?”

Dylan rolled his eyes. “You’re going to get that wherever you go. You want to be with my brother? Get used to it.”

Ari shook her head. “There was no excuse for what they said.”

“What did they say?” I demanded. If they were going to keep talking about it, they needed to tell me.

Leo’s body went stiff under me. “That if we didn’t get you out of there, every one of them was going to take a turn with you,” he growled. “They won’t get away with that.”

“Why are we even talking about still going there? I think it’s pretty obvious they don’t want us.” Or me. I got up and went over to the window. “I can’t spend every minute of my life wondering if I’m going to get attacked. And neither can you, Leo. There’s too much at stake. We’re surrounded by mountains. One of them has to be safe.” Or at least not have any connection to Linnea.

Leo came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

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