His Stolen Heart

Chapter 8

The wind thundered through his mane, spelling his name as it breezed through it. His senses peaked and nostrils flared at the scent of a woman in heat approaching him fast in the night's darkness.

Dam stopped in his tracks, the two rabbits he had just hunted dangling out of his jaw with eyes scanning the entire orison surrounding him, the scent grew closer and much tastier like a dominant alpha female in heat wanting nothing more than to mate with any male she comes in contact with, but not just any type of male...it had to be one with power exceeding hers, one she could bear strong cubs with. And judging by the heavy fast-paced footsteps he could hear from his direction of sight; coming in contact with a female that horny could easily lead to death from either party considering he's already mated and refusal is similar to rejection...

Deciding to stick around a little longer just so he could see the said female capable of emitting such fragrance that almost had him dropping the rabbit hanging from his mouth and chasing after her... possibly to ram into her.

Restraining his beast was much harder than he initially thought, she smelt tasty like a marinated meat ready to be roasted, he clasped his teeth unto the meat he was carrying fixating his gaze on an approaching female lion walking stoically towards him with her eye flashing up at him like the light of the moon.

She looked different, well built, and ready to be mated with. Judging by her thick physique and reddish-brown mane, she was no member of his pride, an intruder searching for trouble in his land and as an alpha, he had an obligation to protect his people from females that creep into foreign lands in their heat only to kill anyone that stands in their way.

His jaws clamped together at the sight of her striding towards him, stopping in front of him with her head raised towards his, her pheromone gliding through his nostrils as the need to satisfy her need pulled at him. His appendage stood at the knowledge of her. He gritted his teeth with the meat still tucked between his teeth, she was sniffing him, taking tentative steps towards him as she slowly rubbed the side of her head against his shoulder, marking her territory on him as his tail became rigid at her progress.

Slowly moving towards his tail as she intertwined hers with his, prompting a groan to escape his lips at the symbol she was signaling to. He quickly moved his tail away from hers, coming face to face with her; he stared at her light brown face a contrast to his snow-white beast. A grunt escaped his lips as he recalled who she was, the only heiress to the pride right next to his. 'I'm mated,' he said, but she growled loudly pouncing on him as the ground underneath them shook with her growl her claw made contact with the flesh on his chest. He cried out.

Lionesses were always so feisty in heat and especially when they want something, maybe that's why he had decided to settle for a human, one he could be happy ruling with not one that would want to control every decision he was to make like his mother did to his father and he was blessed with a human mate by his prayers.

'You're unmarked, don't lie to me.' Removing her paw from on top of him, she screeched through his mind. 'I can mark you, I can make you whole and complete and we'll rule our lands together as one.'

'No.' The sound graveled like thunder through her mind as he stood his ground against her, she calmed a bit, loving how dominant he was, his natural aura mixing with her pheromone, drowning them both with a desire to mate as Dam stared down at her and she looked up to him. Her nose a tiny bit away from the tip of his jaw. 'I am mated, go back to your land or I'll be forced to do what I don't want to do to you.'