King's Mate: An Alpha Shifter Romance by Piper Stone

Author:Piper Stone [Stone, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2020-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Luca

Dangerous.

Everything that had happened during the afternoon had been entirely too dangerous, but it had been a risk I’d been willing to take. While I believed every word Clarise had said, understanding her insistence on returning to her job, I was antsy, more concerned than ever. I could also feel that Brandon and the others were slowly slipping into a more feral state, the experiments performed possibly altering their abilities to maintain some level of humanity forever.

That couldn’t be tolerated even if they were rescued. Our rules were strict, let alone what the humans had put into place. While we still remained under the radar, the concept of starting a war wasn’t in our best interest. Although my thoughts were drifting to that level.

Evidently, some of the other Breeds were thinking along the same lines as well. I stood outside the building used as the Pride’s communal space, noticing the number of vehicles in the dilapidated parking lot. Word had gone out that the leader of the Tiger Streak had requested a meeting. There was no formal council of the shifters; however, it had been widely known that eventually we would be forced to come together when necessary.

While acceptance that I was the king was somewhat limited, very few Breeds wanted to upset the natural order of things.

As they’d been in the wild all those decades ago.

Still, some basic approval of my mate was necessary in order for our kingdom to rise. Becca’s warning remained in my mind.

When I entered the great hall, almost immediately all conversation stopped, the Pride members stepping aside in order for me to pass. I scanned the room, noticing several concerned faces. They knew what was likely at stake, the humans attempting to capture additional lions in their quest to find some applicable serum. All the propaganda we’d heard over the years regarding helping us return to our natural state was bullshit. Everyone was completely aware, yet only a certain segment of our Pride wanted to fight the system.

I’d known Rollins White since we were cubs, their Streak within close proximity to the Pride. We’d even found a friendship of sorts as only wild animals could do prior to the chemical imbalance. He’d succeeded his father, a man that all the other Breeds had feared. While not nearly as temperamental, Rollins had fallen into anger management issues over the arduous years of learning to live as a human. I was surprised that he hadn’t gathered his people to descend on the science ward in order to save their own.

Unless he was harboring a secret that I wasn’t aware of.

A table had been set up, four chairs in position, Jonas already prepared to take a seat, the other two occupied. To everyone in our Pride, this was pure entertainment, a true rarity. Rollins had brought a single soldier with him, a good sign.

“Luca,” Rollins said as he stood, offering his hand as humans would. While I shook it, I felt the rumble of my beast from deep within.

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