Lion's Mate

A Broken Pride

Tatianya tore open her drawers looking through them and the minimal stuff that she had there. Damn it where was the stuff? She made a frustrated sound and shoved a hand through her sandy blonde hair. The mass moving back before sliding back into place. Her straight hair fell to the middle of her back and she threw up her hands in frustration.

"Where the hell..." She said going into the bathroom and digging through her stuff. She tugged her grey shirt back down as it pulled up higher. She wore jeans as well that hugged to her and were lower on her hips. She stood at six foot, which was rather tall for females of her kind. It made her feel better because the males were always around six two and strong. Not that she wasn't but she didn't have the kind of muscle the men did.

"Looking for this?" Came a sardonic voice and Tatianya spun around her eyes narrowing and her lip curling slightly. Her gaze narrowed at the man was standing there holding what looked like a tin for mints.

"Give that back." She said moving for it. Tri was quick pulling it out of reach and snapping a hand up to take a hold of her throat. Her eyes narrowed and he pulled her forward. It was painful but she ignored it, he could hit her or scream at her all he wanted. Didn't change the fact that she would never take this man as a mate.

"I knew you were doing something to stop your heat. Every one of you is a traitorous bitch." He said shoving her back. She hit the counter top behind her sending a few things to the ground. She steadied herself and rubbed her throat a bit.

Tri was taller than her by an inch or so. He was very strong and she'd seen him fight it. Frankly it was scary but she knew that he wasn't going to kill her. Still she didn't want claws racked down her skin or punches to fly, it hurt a lot. His arms were muscular along with his shoulders and chest. Personally she thought that he tried a bit to hard to be what he was. They were naturally muscular, he tried for more, always more with him.

"I will not bare a child for you. There will be no mating." She said. Ever since she was twenty one and had hit her first heat, she had been taking a natural contraceptive. It always worked, and would block her entering heat as well now with the time she'd been taking it. Something that was hard for her kind to do. She just made sure to take enough that it would stop her conceiving, because Tri would make damn sure she did. He knew she was in line to take over her mother's position at the top of her pride. So long as Kiba didn't renounce her from the pride the position was still hers.

She was already marked to be a top ranking female without having to jostle for the position. Most times females would fault and follow the female that was Kopori. Females that was born with the trait were not common. Her mother had been, but Tatianya was the only one born to her with the trait.

What it allowed for was she was one that controlled when the rest of her sister kin came into heat. She could also improve fertility and tell with a touch how compatible a mating was going to be. For some reason a Kopori nearly always guaranteed a successful mating with all the females in her pride. 

"What you want is irrelevant." He said stepping up into her space and coming nearly against her. She was disgusted with the thought of him touching her. She wanted to be sick at the thought of him sleeping with her. Her blue gaze met his solidly and he could see her determination.

"I find you taking this again and you will regret it like you have never regretted anything in your life." He said taking hold of her jaw he curled a lip slightly. "You'll join my mates Tanya." She hated the nickname because he used it.

"We'll see."

"I'm sure that you have taken some of this already. I can scent the start of your heat, and with you doing this you have messed the other's cycles up as well." He let go of her with a slight jerk to her head, she just watched him. Standing here she looked far lighter skinned than he was. He was a light brown color and she more olive skin tone.