A/N: Hello Dear Readers, I'm certainly is in the dumps for ideas for my third book of Broken Embraces. For while the new royalty is growing up, anyway. But I thought I write about an OC in my story and in a friend of mine story. Give him some light, since all his life been about heartbreak and sorrow. And that's King Bahati of the Coventry Pride. Bahati and some others belongs to my good friend, Regis Rogers. There are also some OCs that belong to an author named T5Tango. You would have to read her stories to know the OCs. So without further ado here's the first chapter of Manes and Sorrow.

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The Pride Lands, is a beautiful land full of lush green grass and plump prey. The first rulers to ever rule, was King Mohtua and his mate, Queen Jolina. But this story is not about the Pride Lands, is about a prince from a neighboring kingdom, two rivers away from the Pride Lands. The Aslan Lands. The Aslan Lands were named after the very first king, Aslan. He treated his subjects with love and kindness and the kingdom deiced on to name it after him. Not long after Aslan met his love and queen. He treated her better than himself and he did the same with the lionesses that came with her and formed his pride. Not long after he met his queen, Isis. He had two sons, Prince Eric and Prince Ahadi. As a teen, King Aslan became sick. When the prince became young adults their father past away. Eric took the throne since he was the oldest. Ahadi ventured off with his best friend Siri. A few months after Eric took the throne a lioness from the Pride Lands came and fell in love with the king. The two married and a had a son, Prince Amir. Now two generations later, is where our story begins.

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A dull golden large lion with a black mane and leaf green eyes paced back and forth in front of a large cave. The stars was shining brightly cast a white glow over everything.

"Afua..please calm down" an old dull brown lioness with leaf green eyes, pleaded

A lot has changed since the rule of King Aslan and King Eric. Power had gotten to King Amir and he became a tyrant and it followed to his grandson, King Afua. Amir had down graded the lionesses, to they had no freedom. If a lioness joined his pride and had family in another kingdom. She could not go visit and she couldn't have visits either. The queen's job was to hunt, serve the king and his friends as asked and to produced cubs. All the kings now care about, is themselves. Oh and strong male cubs, there are no need for female. If a female is born they will be sold to a neighboring kingdom for the prince to marry.

"How can I keep calm, mother. When my cub is on the a thin line of life and death!"

"Afua!"

The king turned from his mother to the cave entrance where a large dust brown lion with a dark brown mane and dusty orange eyes stud.

"Yes, Garth"

"Your mate gave birth"

Afua rushed in the cave before the Garth could say what the sex was. In the cave laid a light cream lioness with golden eyes. In the the lioness's creamy-white paws was two cubs. One was dull gold and the other light cream like its mother.

"What are their names, Aria?"

The lioness sighed, "Byanna and Bahati"

Afua shook his head, "Wait did you say Byanna?"

Aria nodded slowly to revieve a slap across the face. "I don't need females!"

"I'm sorry...Afua"

Afua snarled, "No matter. When she's of age...she be sold to the nearest kingdom"

Afua then looked at the son who moving around trying to find milk. He's smaller than his dull golden sister and that worries the queen.

"Make sure he gets bigger, even if...it means stop feeding the girl"

With a growl the king exit the cave. Aria watched him go and sighed as she thought to herself, Why didn't I listen?

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A/N: Well...Ladies and Gentlemen, how was it? Now I have some questions, that will help me with the story. I'm kinda lost.

How's the brother and sister relationship of Byanna and Bahati?

What's Byanna's reaction to the face her father doesn't want her?