Her eyes snapped open and in her head she screamed in horror, the animal’s panicked roar echoed everywhere, looking back at her Atalanta met her lioness for the first time. A huge stunningly beautiful golden lioness with incredible molten gold eyes watched her impassively,‘My name is Kiara, I am sorry I introduced myself so suddenly. I did not mean to scare you I only want to protect you. I am here now Atalanta we are one.’Strangely Atalanta felt her heartbeat returning to normal and the fear leave her,‘I am a Lioness?’She whispered and Kiara chuckled,‘You are the Queen of the beasts Atalanta. A powerful Alpha Shifter and those silly Wolves will no longer be a problem for you.’She lifted her head swiveling her ears and scenting the wind, everything had changed, she could see, hear, and smell things on a different level, she was the Apex Alpha predator now the highest link in the food chain.‘How is this possible Kiara, my parents were human?’She asked and the Lioness shook her

Other creatures had settled there too and she thought she saw fish in the water, the chlorinated water in it must have evaporated in the long hot summer they had last year and been replaced by rainwater. Moving on silent pads she leaped up the stairs heading for the Penthouse, it was surprisingly untouched, she shifted back into her human form and pulled on the bathrobe hanging in the bathroom. She searched the room and found the mini-bar untouched and to her delight an unopened bottle of champagne. The electricity was still running so the fridge had remained cold and she opened it quickly grinning as some of it sprayed over her, she drank greedily from the bottle. It was cool, crisp, and delicious and she giggled when she hiccuped and the bubbles went up her nose. Perching on the bed she leaned against the headboard and finished the bottle of course it went straight to her head. She wasn’t a drinker, she had an empty stomach and her metabolism was much quicker now she was a lioness.

‘I am not interested in your stupid Pack laws, I am not a Wolf. Nor am I a member of your Pack, you have no jurisdiction over me. I am a Lioness if you try to stop me, if anyone tries to stop me I will kill them’He could see the Lioness was close, Atalanta was fighting to keep herself from shifting and she lifted her head meeting his eyes,‘What do you need a plane for?’He was the one who backed down even though it angered his Wolf,‘Take Mate, Claim her now’It growled at him but he ignored it,‘I am going home’She announced and his Wolf almost took over,‘Mate stays’It snapped but again he held it in check,‘This is your home now, you are my Mate, my Luna, your place is here by my side ruling the Shifters and Immortals’A low snarl escaped her lips,‘I am going home, I have too many unanswered questions that I won’t get answered staying here’She dismissed him and walked past,‘Where are they?’He made a snap decision,‘Very well, come with me. I’ll go with you.’She wanted to p

‘Enough’His Alpha command made them freeze with its power, the four young males, bleeding profusely bowed their heads in submission backing away from her. The female, however, did not submit, he was not her Alpha, she turned on him snarling‘So you are not going to let your little boys do all your dirty work?’She spoke to him with her mind the way all animals communicated her lip curled over her canines in a snarl,‘Hello Daddy’Her voice was full of hate as she approached him‘You had your fun nineteen years ago now it is time to pay for it’She bunched her hind legs and leaped catching his flank as she flew over his head leaving a long deep scratch. For a big guy he was surprisingly quick and agile spinning after her he caught her hind legs and sent her tumbling over her tail then placed his huge paw on her neck,‘When I say enough, you obey me Lioness. I am the King of the Beasts’He pressed down on her throat and she could not breathe,‘Shift’He commanded and as she lost consci

The sunshine glinted off his snow white coat his golden eyes scanned the area, he was ready. Atalanta lay down beside him, equally magnificent her golden coat shimmered as she followed his lead, to her surprise he threw back his head and roared. It echoed around the valley, loud and strong, a challenge to the coming threat. She lifted her head and joined him, letting them know he was not alone, her roar matching his.Sirius and Nero stopped at the sound, it was terrifying in its power, all the prey animals scurried into their dens to hunker down, whatever was coming they did not want to be a part of it.‘What the fuck was that?’Sirius looked at Nero who knew the area well,‘That is the mighty King of the Beasts and I have never heard that roar before. I would say it is a challenge from the loud timbre’Then Atalanta’s roar matched the King’s,‘Fuck no’Sirius turned to Nero,‘That is my Mate’s roar I would know it anywhere. Something is very wrong here, we must hurry’Nero really wan