What Is Yet To Come (Lord)

There it was a pulse of hot heavy feline strength. Lord stopped in his tracks. He was just reaching for the door to enter when he felt it. It wasn’t a summons it was a declaration of here I am. He could ignore it and conclude his business here with the master of the city first. That wasn’t really an option sure as he felt it he was sure Nicholas felt it as well. He would be remiss if he didn’t address this first. He hoped the source was the missing Regina if not then there really would be trouble amongst the ranks. He was hoping to consolidate the lions of the area into an actual Pride he wouldn’t be able to easily if there was any challengers before he’d even really started.



He looked to the bouncer and spoke clearly but forcefully. “Tell Mister February that I will be back. Somethings come up.” Turning on a dime he hurried back to the G Class at a jog. He had his driver get out and left word to follow at a distance. Meaning they’d give him a head start and keep his location fixed via the vehicles GPS. Paranoid, maybe but just because you were paranoid didn’t mean there wasn’t someone out to get you.



It was twenty minutes from where he was to Griffith Park. He’d make it in ten. Exiting the vehicle he threw his shields open announcing his arrival. He wanted no misunderstandings between them. Whoever she was would be able to feel his strength sincerity and control. He wasted no time scenting the wind and moving towards that ball of feminine strength. As he closed he took in her scent first then her looks. Would wonders never cease standing her was the mysterious Sasha Riese in the flesh. Her blonde lock catching the moonlight turning it into something borderline magical.



“Sasha. I have been looking high and low for you. You are not an easy woman to find.” He called out as the stepped closer to her. He stayed at conversational range so as to not spook startle or otherwise provoke a response. “My names Lord and I am the only other Rex in the area what do say lets talk?”

Lord smiled it was expected that there would be tests. Lionesses were notoriously feisty and as stubborn as their male counterparts. Closing the conversational space he planted his feet. “What say we do both in due time but first we need to have words. I could blow smoke up your ass and pretend this is something it’s not. I figure that would be what most would do or have tried. I don’t like playing the game we live that way. I like as much honesty as the situation allows.” Closing a hair more he went on.



“ I intend to be Rex of LA. You are the recognized leader of the loose affiliated lions of the city. What I am aiming for is what you have. What are we going to do about that?” He understood that he was being blunt and seemingly guileless. He meant what he said. What he didn’t say wat he didn’t give voice to was he didn’t want to but would take by force. They didn’t have to be enemies. He knew from observations that Prides once united worked better with a ruling pair. It was the only real way to keep a Pride from tearing itself apart. If or she led alone they would only bring half the true might a Pride needed.



He could force things he knew he could. He could whip the loose gathered lions and passing through rogues into a unit but then it would simply be a gang. It would be a crew and wouldn’t ever be what he knew t could be. It wouldn’t last nearly as long as he knew it could. He knew of a Pride in upstate Washington that went back to the civil war. It was a sight to behold. It was also the only real power in the area. The Vampires answered to them. The Wolves answered to them and their enemies disappeared most times through the efforts of their allies and not by their hand directly.



That power was what he wanted. He wanted something that would last generations. He wanted to be more than the streetwalking leg breaking tool of others that most lions ended up being. He wanted real true power. He wanted to build something lasting. Now whether she would help or hinder that the ball was in her court.

Lord smirked as she not only stood her ground but issued a small challenge in return. She was a brave one. He towered over her by eight inches and sixty or so pounds. The differences in their sizes while not translating into their animal forms one to one was still a shadow of what they could be when shifted. Yet she not only stood her ground she taunted him. “Never is not quite so long as it once was.”



Lord closed the distance once more close enough that should either choose or their beasts they could cross the boundary “As for what you have to gift me. Why you of course. Your strength, your charms, your support. Perhaps more. I wouldn’t dream of asking you to hand everything over easily or even willingly. There are several ways to make those demands but most of them would require bloodshed at a minimum. While I don’t mind an amount of all due bloodshed in fair trade. There has to be more pleasant ways of achieving our goals proving to each other that I am worthy of being your Rex and you my Regna. “



Standing as close as he was his nose filled with her scent. The warmth of her skin reverberated against his and his lion peeked out from behind his brown eyes tempted by the heat of her lioness. Yes his beasty was pleased with the idea of hers. He suspected as much yet this was the proof he needed. He knew his inner furry was not the least bit tempted by weak lionesses though he always took pains to insure that those ladies were not up to snuff. “So my pretty lioness what do you say?”

Lord laughed in response to her offer and acceptance but mainly as she managed to be cute sexy and adorkable all at once. She was different than most people that inhabited his world or even most tourist. "Well mama I think I like where your head is." Wrapping his arms around her he kissed her on the lips accepting her acceptance of him and the terms she sat. While they’d just met and he was not generally an affectionately expressive person it felt like the right thing to do. Her lips were as soft as they appeared. The taste of her the actual connection of them flesh to flesh stirred his beasty. He was not new to the drives of his monster but this was the first time it’d responded so strongly to any lioness.



Breaking his purloined kiss met her eyes. The gauntlet was thrown the ball was firmly in her court. Partially because as forceful as he could be he knew from certain experiences that the test of true strength came not from using it carelessly but in the wisdom in when to and when not to use it. Knowing where and when the fight actually was.



"I have a car close. Come on lets get out of here unless you really want to take this nature hike you seem about to take."

Her immediate response was so thorough it caught him off guard for a second or two. Gauging by how Nicholas had attempted to handle her he was sure that not only was she standard lion stubborn but a real ballbuster. He was pleasantly surprised. He looked forward to plumbing her depths and getting to know her ins and outs. Her mention of walking gave him an idea as to approximately how close to she actually lived. Of course she could be simply throwing out useless details to fill the conversational space. "I walk enough during the pursuit of my career I try not to role it into a hobby. My car is just at the entrance to the park." He said pointing towards his vehicle. It still a little far to see exactly but the GClass was no small vehicle and he was sure she’d catch sight of it soon enough.



He hadn’t been with anyone on any true level in quite some time. So without thinking he slid his hand into hers taking the lead but moving at her pace. Their height difference meaning very little as he matched her shorter stride without even thinking about it. For someone who generally walked alone it was curious to him that it would come so easily to do so.

He caught the look of her surprise but let her have her moment until he opened the door for her and helped her in. Once inside he took her hands to his lip. First nuzzling then kissing her fingers lightly. "I do have a softer side anyone who doesn’t is only a half person and there are a lot of things I can accused of some might actually be true but half of anything is never one of them. I’m an all or nothing sort of guy. And what I want is for us to know each other well enough so that when we take over the city’s lions and bring them to us that you know everything I do is for our betterment. Though I think you should keep your own bank account. "



The last he added as a half joke as a way to keep the mood light between them though he did believe she should have her own account. Provided he would help set her up with a money management plan and an accountant he knew he could trust. Instructing his driver to take them to his house he would make his way to the Pride home she’d set up soon enough. While he knew woman decided on mates in less time than most men could tie their ties he knew she had to find more about him and convince herself that what she’d decided was right.

Lord could feel her heat, it had been some time since she was with anyone. He wasted no time as they pulled into the secluded garage where he was building his coalition. He had done quite a few things to set the ball rolling. He went out of his way to not poach or disturb what was in place in the city while recruiting other recent infectees to his cause. He even went so far as to joining the furry coalition’s online blog to subtlely cull new infectees to him.



As they pulled in he sent a message to his guards to make themselves scarce. He wanted time alone with his Regina. He knew he would have to get back to Nicholas but that could wait another day or so. "I am a man of very few extremes. Everything I am comes from the same place." He punctuated the statement by kissing her long and deeply he allowed his shields to drop as he did so allowing that connection between every lycanthrope to open. He shared all that he was the hustling, the fighting the turn and the toil. He shared with her so that she might know all he once was and some of what he could be. The future was undecided a present to be unwrapped in due time.



As his hands roamed the space between her flesh and lion as he dared and teased much he spoke low a whisper really. “I have searched for you and now that we are together I think we really test the limits of our loneliness together.” He inhaled the scent of her committing it to memory he moved from her neck to her chest his hands sliding up along her sides as he moved to the front of her. Resting on the floorboard of the Gclass he nuzzled and expressed every bit of warmth he had available in him. Behind it driving it was the strength of his battles. The determination that made him one of the youngest Rexes on the west coast. He would not be denied what was his and in this moment what was his was sharing all that he was. Giving her the full weight of him the full understanding that here was a man who would fight bleed and die for the what he believed in. He believed in the idea of them. In what the lions of Los Angeles could be. What tomorrow could become.



Raising her shirt he nibbled along along her stomach kissing beseeching demanding yet allowing her to deny.