Wanted By The Alpha Lion (Heroes of Shifter Creek 2) Read Online Free PDF Page B

how wobbly her human legs felt. After a night on all fours, sturdy and grounded, her two flimsy human legs seemed fragile.
                  It had been exhilarating – the change. It hadn’t hurt, not that she could remember. It had happened so quickly. One minute she was human, and the next... she was something as equally magnificent. It felt completely natural to be a lioness, as if it were what nature had intended all along – for her to experience both the call of the wild and the science of humanity. But human or lion, she was always a woman. Her strength as a woman held both sides of her together, as did her love for Gowon.
                  “I have to find him,” she asserted. She’d try the house first. Perhaps he had gone back to get her some clothes.
                  “The new alpha queen,” a woman sang near her, a song full of venom. “Has your king abandoned you so soon?”
                  Cassie watched in horror as a shadow moved towards her, transforming into a woman with jet black hair, flawless pale skin, and a ruby mouth twisted into an amused smile. Cassie could instantly see the resemblance to Kafele.
                  “Kalisha,” she hissed. “The alpha of the Shadow Pride.”
                  “I’m flattered you know so much about me,” she whipped, circling Cassie.
                  Cassie tried to transform, knowing she was stronger as a lioness. But she couldn’t. She wasn’t sure how.
                  “It’s adorable really, watching you try. I’ll show you how a real queen transforms soon enough. But first, I have a proposition. You may be a lioness, but Gowon is still afflicted. And base on rumors regarding my traitor cousin and his bleached-out mate, Gowon isn’t going to destroy the one who afflicted him anytime soon.”
                  “Tell me what you want,” Cassie demanded, trying to sound like she had some authority, even though she knew she didn’t. She was new and inexperienced at being a lioness. If Kalisha transformed, she could rip Cassie apart in seconds.
                  “I want peace, just like everyone else. But I want it under my reign. This is my land, Cassie. It belongs to my pride. I will reclaim it for my people.”
                  “Your people are corrupt,” Cassie fired back. “You care nothing for the other prides invited onto this land by your great-grandfather.”
                  “Thomas Dalkey was a fool”, Kalisha said with a smooth anger. “He cared more about his philanthropy than his own family. I want our land back.”
                  “And what am I to do about it?” Cassie asked, softening her tone, realizing an angry alpha was not someone she wanted to deal with so soon.
                  “You are the alpha queen now. A true lioness. While Gowon is stuck in human form, you have the authority to allow my people back onto the range. We’re coming, Cassie. One way or another. Avoid the war, while you can.”
                  “Go to hell,” Cassie retorted.
                  “Don’t be a fool”, Kalisha insisted, her patience thinning. Very briefly, she flashed a set of sharp, deadly claws. “Let my people back on.”
                  “You’re wasting your breath,” Gowon rumbled.
    Back in human form, Gowon was dressed in a deep blue thermal shirt and jeans that set off his tan and short blonde hair. In his hands was a change of clothes for Cassie, as she’d suspected. “She doesn’t have the authority. I am no longer afflicted,” he revealed.
                  Momentarily forgetting the danger they were in, Cassie lit up. Was it true? Were they free? She wanted to believe it, but she knew it could be a ruse to scare off Kalisha. Gowon was clearly human, but it might only be temporary, like the last