El’s body shook hard, which made Marcus tighten his grip on her.
“M-my lioness isn’t r-ready to b-be put t-to bed,” El stammered through chattering teeth.
“Let’s calm her then.What does she want?”Marcus asked, leaning up and on his elbow so that he could look at El.
“I d-don’t know.”
Marcus coached her, “Speak to her, she’s in there with you.Once we know what she wants, then we can help.”
El closed her eyes and focused on trying to speak to her lioness, but nothing happened.El shook her head and met Marcus’s gaze.Marcus’s eyes suddenly shifted into the beautiful beautiful amber they always did whenever his lion was in charge.
“Mate,” Marcus’s lion barked the order, his voice a bit deeper and raspier.
El felt a wave of dizziness hit her, and when she responded, it wasn’t her, but her lioness.
“Tell him to come to me,” she demanded.
“In time,” Marcus replied.
“Now,” her lioness snapped, and just as fast as she had shown up, she was gone.
Marcus’s eyes returned to their normal color.
“She don’t mess around does she?”he asked with a little smirk.
El was already beginning to shake again.“No, she’s very intense.”
Marcus pulled out his cell phone to no doubt call Ryan.
Chapter 2
Ryan
Ryan ignored the third call from Marcus.He knew what El wanted, and he couldn’t give it to her just yet.He and Trip had taken his mother to Claudia for healing, and Ryan wanted to ensure his mother would be okay before he left her side.Ryan knew Leilani had more than likely instigated the confrontation, but El more than likely attacked.El’s lioness had had enough of Leilani, which was understandable, but fighting at a pride gathering was against pride law.El being the Alpha’s mate made things even worse.Once word got out, Ryan would have a shit storm on his hands.
As much as he hated to lead, Ryan knew to dealwith the drama about to happen made it even worse.His phone buzzed again in his pocket, causing him to shake his head.His lion wanted to be with his mate, but Ryan was pissed.
“You need to go to her,” Trip told him, while Claudia worked on healing Leilani.
“Your mate needs a lesson in tolerance,” Claudia spat.
Ryan growled at Claudia.Trip stepped in front of Ryan, trying to pull his attention away from the healer.
“I think what El needs is a lesson in our pride history.She doesn’t know what she’s done, and that fault lies with us,” Trip snarled, his backhanded commented not lost on Claudia.
She scoffed at his comment.
“Healer, you will bite your tongue when speaking about our mate,” Ryan ordered.
“Yes, Alpha,” Claudia said insincerely.
“She didn’t mean any harm,” Trip defended.
Ryan eyed Trip.He couldn’t believe he was defending a woman that was speaking very openly with disgust for their mate.
“El is your mate,” Ryan growled.
“I know, and Claudia is my friend andourhealer,” Trip argued.
