The Alion King(34)

He was purring.

It was so damn cute. That big guy with that massive body and a lion that could make a man shit himself with a single roar…was purring.

She wanted to stay and stare at him , but she needed her allergy meds or she’d never breathe again. She slipped on one of Alyx’s shirts and went out the door quietly, trying not to wake him.

Barefoot, she darted down the hallway and up the stairs to her room. She opened the door, and the lights came on. The room was white again.

She rummaged through her bag when someone grabbed her hair and yanked.

“Ow!” She instinctively slapped at the hands tugging her hair and tried to get free.

“You stupid, stupid human,” Nadeeya hissed. “Alyx is mine.”

Bella struggled out of her hold and turned to face the lioness. “Isn’t he your cousin?”

Nadeeya raised a brow. “So?”

“Don’t you have rules against family hooking up?” she asked. Disgust swept through her, and bile rolled up her throat. “You’re sick.”

“I am not sick.” Nadeeya glared. “It is very common for family members of the same tribe, pride, or pack to mate.”

And they said incest was dead. She shook her head. “Alyx isn’t interested in you.”#p#分页标题#e#

“He would have been,” she said, her body twitching, as if getting ready to shift. “You got in the way. Now,” she rumbled, “I’ll have to take you out.”

Bella moved back, but Nadeeya blocked the door. The blonde roared, and Bella gaped as Nadeeya’s body contorted. Bones broke and reshaped. Limbs elongated, and fur sprouted, leaving a giant lioness baring her teeth at Bella.

Oh, shit!

She reached behind her and put a chair between them. The lioness leapt for Bella. She landed on the chair, breaking it, forcing Bella to scuttle back fast. Bella tripped on a trainer she’d discarded when she’d readied the previous day and fell on her ass. The lioness made a loud, angry noise Bella could only take to mean she was in serious trouble.

“Alyx!” she screamed, instinctively.

The door burst open, and a big gray wolf tackled the lioness. Bella crawled to a different corner, still unable to get to the door, and watched.

The lioness shook off the wolf, but the wolf growled and bit. It took the wolf looking at Bella for her to realize who the wolf was: Gerri.

The room was not big enough for two giant animals and Bella. They bit and clawed at each other. Her fear was that Nadeeya would hurt Gerri. Nadeeya was bigger, since she was a pure-born shifter from Aurora. Gerri’s smaller stature meant she had to work twice as hard to get her swipes in on the lioness.

There was nothing around Bella could use for a weapon. Nadeeya shook Gerri off her back and sent her flying across the room. Bella saw the water jug they’d left on her side table. She picked it up and threw it at the lioness.

Nadeeya had Bella in her sights again. Bad move. She darted to Bella and brought her head right to Bella’s face.

Bella saw her open her mouth wide, showing off massive teeth. She inhaled and sneezed multiple times on the lioness’s nose. She continued sneezing hard, until her eyes were watery and she swore she was going to pee herself.

The animal jumped back, shaking her face and making strange noises. Bella watched Gerri shift into her human body and laugh. She couldn’t figure out what was so funny. Then Nadeeya took back her body and screamed. She tried to leave the room, but Karel and Alyx came in and grabbed her before she got a chance.

“That woman!” Nadeeya screeched, wiping her face. “She spit her human germs at me!”

Gerri had slipped into the bathroom and grabbed one of the towels to wrap around her body. “Your cousin just tried to take a bite out of your mate.”

Alyx grabbed Nadeeya by the throat. “What?”

“I did no such thing!” She glared at Bella and Gerri. “Who will you believe, them or me?”

Alyx picked her up by the throat and flung her against the wall. “Get her out of here before I kill her.”

Karel swiftly took Nadeeya out the door. The blonde didn’t bother saying anything, but she took a final chance to glare at Bella.

Gerri rushed to Bella and helped her off the floor. Bella sneezed again. She wiped at the moisture dropping from her eyes and met Gerri’s concerned gaze. “I have a cold.”

“People don’t get colds in Aurora,” Alyx said.

She sniffled. “Have you had a lot of humans here?”

Alyx shook his head. “Usually, when one of our people mate with a human, it’s on Earth, and they make that their home.”

Gerri glanced at Alyx and then back at Bella. “Bella, nobody ever gets sick here.”