Lion's Mate

Planning A Kidnapping

"Have you arrived?" Asked the demanding voice on the other end of the phone. Troy bit his tongue slightly. He didn't do well with others talking to him in demanding ways. However he was very good at controlling his temper, for one of his kind.

"Yes." He said trying to keep the tenseness out of his tone and the growl in his throat from coming through. It wouldn't do to make Kiba angry at you. You'd have a lot of hell coming down on your head then. Seeing that he controlled the largest pride in the world. Shifters were a very complicated race, and Troy was technically a rogue male by their standards. Well at least with the lions as he didn't have a pride. You talk to another shifter type and they'd just raise an eyebrow at you like 'who cared?'.

"I know that I'm being rather forceful. I appreciate the fact you can ignore it." Troy sighed inwardly, Kiba was very good at how he managed others. He always knew what to say. The fact that he was on top had little to do with the fact that the man could fight like no ones business, but it had helped. The loyalty of his pride to him was quite frankly amazing.Troy admired the man for how he'd structured the prides with in prides.

"Can I ask again why you think I'm the best choice for this? I'm not even part of your pride." Troy said where he stood with the phone up to his ear. He leaned casually against a lamp post. The wind was coming at his face and so none that he watched were aware that he was a shifter as well. He just looked like a man talking on a cell phone. He also kept his voice low so as to not be over heard.

"That's exactly why, and I know you are trustworthy. Something that I need, I know quite a bit about you Troy and I like what I have heard and seen. Now that being said, you fuck this up..."

"You'll skin my hide. I know." Troy said this time the rumble was nearly audible from his chest, threats didn't do very well for his kind either.

"That would be after Sheela and her sisters got done with you of course. Ever face a group of angry lionesses?" He shifted slightly, he might be a male lion in prime condition and extremely good at fighting. However six lionesses and one top alpha male coming at him for blood. He didn't think the odds in his favor.

"I'll do my best, and that is all you get."

"All I'm asking for."

Troy pushed a hand through his thick hair. It stood up slightly the color a deep chocolate with a kind of reddish under tint that was hard to see. His hair was a bit longer, but not extremely so. He also had bronze colored skin and stood near six four and was well muscled. Well what male of his kind wasn't? Lazy ones that's who, and Troy was far from that.

"Tri is not going to take kindly to me just showing up kidnapping one of his females." Troy said counting the number that he saw and scented. Tri was a male lion shifter who had the second largest pride. In all Kiba's pride totaled twenty nine individuals, but his own inner pride, not extended members, was really only ten.

Tri on the other hand had a pride of twelve, his mates which were five female shifters. His oldest son, who from what Troy had heard was probably on his way out. Him and the old man didn't get along well, and Tri had killed his own sons before for staying or getting in his way. Most would be kicked out by the age of seventeen, the females though would stay.

From what he'd heard Tri kept a few rogue males in his extended pride. They didn't share the same dwelling, but he did use his adult daughters as an incentive for the males he kept that would fight for him. He gave them everything that they wanted from money to women. Not Troy's cup of tea, but Tri wasn't a favorite in the lion community. He helped recently with going after the hunters, it earned him points, but he only did it because he was being plagued by them.