My money's on the lady," he drawled. "You don't tame a vixen, you just travel in her wake.

Life too short to spend alone.

He should have no further trouble from her, he thought in satisfaction. Surely by now she knew his dominance over her. She would submit as easily in all matters as she had in this one. He frowned then. She had submitted, hadn´t she?

Ria snorted. “Leo’s pride rarely leaves the plains. What are they supposed to mate? The zebras?

I didn't promise I wouldn't break your tender heart, Mica. Protect it from me. Don't let me touch that part of you. Don't let me destroy both of us that way.

You are a light that will always guide me, a whisper I'll always strain to hear.

Yes, he would be gone, but she knew now what it meant to love. She might not know what it meant to be loved, but loving was almost as good.