CHAPTER TWELVE
" Daddy?" Annalina looked up as her father shook himself free of rain. He'd gotten soaked and looked like a drowned rat.
" Yes dear?"
" What happened to Mother?"
" I don't know." Scar answered as he began cleaning himself.
" Did you go looking for her?" Annalina pressed, " She might have gotten lost in the storm."
Scar paused in his cleaning and frowned suspiciously at his daughter, " What do you care? I thought you wanted to exile her and all of a sudden you're worried?"
" No, not worried…just wondering." Annalina told him, " Anyway…there is something I have to tell you."
" What is it?" Scar asked absently, " It had better be important."
" It kinda is."
" You look serious." Scar padded over to her, " What's wrong?"
" You won't like what I'm about to say. Before I tell you, promise you won't get mad?"
" It all depends on what you've done." Scar stared hard at his daughter. Her blue eyes were glazed over and she suddenly didn't look very well.
Annalina gulped, " Just remember I'm the Queen and you can't yell at me anyway."
Scar snorted, " That Queen-act won't work with me. You became Queen all thanks to me. Don't ever forget that. Being Queen is a privilege!"
Annalina took a deep breath, " Daddy-I'm pregnant."
" Say again?" Scar demanded, his green eyes were beginning to glow red with fury.
" I'm having a cub?" she squeaked.
" You're pregnant?" Scar roared and she backed away not wanting to get in the way of his extended claws.
" Yes. I found out while I was hunting today. I felt really sick for awhile and one of the lionesses took one look at me and said I was with child."
" How could you be with child?" Scar thundered, " You are just a child yourself!"
" I'm not a child daddy! I'm an adult." Annalina reminded him but he wouldn't listen. He carried on, his deafening roars echoing through the cave and could probably be heard through the Pride Lands.
After awhile, he ran out of steam. He stood at the entrance panting. Annalina crept up to him, " Daddy?"
" Don't speak to me." Scar answered in a chillingly quiet voice, " Until I've thought this through. You've disappointed me Annalina."
" I know. I'm sorry Daddy. It just kinda happened."
Scar looked over his shoulder, " Who's the father?"
" I-I don't know." She stammered.
Scar stalked towards her, " You had better tell me my girl or I'll-"
" I don't know who the father is because I never asked his name!" she shouted and before Scar even knew what was happening, she streaked past him and was gone.
She couldn't see in front of her. The rain was coming down hard and it was so windy. Annalina hadn't been a in a storm as ferocious as this.
This storm is tame compared to my father back in the den. She thought to herself as she pressed on, wanting to get away from the den, away from the Pride Lands.
She had disgraced herself and her father.
Annalina knew she couldn't go back home-ever.
" Daddy?" Annalina looked up as her father shook himself free of rain. He'd gotten soaked and looked like a drowned rat.
" Yes dear?"
" What happened to Mother?"
" I don't know." Scar answered as he began cleaning himself.
" Did you go looking for her?" Annalina pressed, " She might have gotten lost in the storm."
Scar paused in his cleaning and frowned suspiciously at his daughter, " What do you care? I thought you wanted to exile her and all of a sudden you're worried?"
" No, not worried…just wondering." Annalina told him, " Anyway…there is something I have to tell you."
" What is it?" Scar asked absently, " It had better be important."
" It kinda is."
" You look serious." Scar padded over to her, " What's wrong?"
" You won't like what I'm about to say. Before I tell you, promise you won't get mad?"
" It all depends on what you've done." Scar stared hard at his daughter. Her blue eyes were glazed over and she suddenly didn't look very well.
Annalina gulped, " Just remember I'm the Queen and you can't yell at me anyway."
Scar snorted, " That Queen-act won't work with me. You became Queen all thanks to me. Don't ever forget that. Being Queen is a privilege!"
Annalina took a deep breath, " Daddy-I'm pregnant."
" Say again?" Scar demanded, his green eyes were beginning to glow red with fury.
" I'm having a cub?" she squeaked.
" You're pregnant?" Scar roared and she backed away not wanting to get in the way of his extended claws.
" Yes. I found out while I was hunting today. I felt really sick for awhile and one of the lionesses took one look at me and said I was with child."
" How could you be with child?" Scar thundered, " You are just a child yourself!"
" I'm not a child daddy! I'm an adult." Annalina reminded him but he wouldn't listen. He carried on, his deafening roars echoing through the cave and could probably be heard through the Pride Lands.
After awhile, he ran out of steam. He stood at the entrance panting. Annalina crept up to him, " Daddy?"
" Don't speak to me." Scar answered in a chillingly quiet voice, " Until I've thought this through. You've disappointed me Annalina."
" I know. I'm sorry Daddy. It just kinda happened."
Scar looked over his shoulder, " Who's the father?"
" I-I don't know." She stammered.
Scar stalked towards her, " You had better tell me my girl or I'll-"
" I don't know who the father is because I never asked his name!" she shouted and before Scar even knew what was happening, she streaked past him and was gone.
She couldn't see in front of her. The rain was coming down hard and it was so windy. Annalina hadn't been a in a storm as ferocious as this.
This storm is tame compared to my father back in the den. She thought to herself as she pressed on, wanting to get away from the den, away from the Pride Lands.
She had disgraced herself and her father.
Annalina knew she couldn't go back home-ever.