Adolescents are very much like lion cubs. They run around and have fun, trying to roar like their elders even though no-one fears them. They are young, carefree, ignorant and arrogant.
Our story focuses on a group of youngsters who live in Lyon, France. They live with the flow of the days, following their instincts and their beating of their young hearts all while having fun at every turn, waiting for maturity to come harm them.
However, at night, when the Grand Lyon sleeps, the lion cubs play. They go out, they drink... And fall in love.
Illicit, violent or rather calm and serene; tender and erotic, requited or unrequited, may their hearts be filled with love or broken in distraught, the lion cubs remain proud and brave.
The city is a jungle and the young lions shall rule over it forever.
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This is a direct translation of my french novel 'Les Lionceaux'! This is my first time doing a translation so I promise I'll do my best! ♥
'The Lion Cubs' is a slice-of-life novel about friendship which tries its best to dip its feeT into realism.
!! Despite the fact that the 'lion/lion cub' metaphor is used quite commonly please keep in mind that this is NOT a furry fiction!!
Have a nice read!~ ♥
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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