Dilemma

Chapter 5

By Leanna

Katra regarded the lioness for a moment, "his wife?, what do you mean his wife!, she's dead, "she said then looked at Panthro, "or did you finally move on after you refused me?" Katra spat.

"Watch your tone!" Leanna growled narrowing her eyes.

"Oh I see how it is, your little pet here is protecting you, "Katra hissed, "did you hire her just to keep me at bay? Is she looking after your bastard children too? You know what they call women for hire don't you?"

Neither Panthro nor thane could move fast enough to stop lea from punching the female puma in the face, sending her to the floor with a thud, Thane who was the closet grabbed the lioness before she could do the puma anymore damage.

"Speak ill of my children again and I will rip out your throat" Leanna snarled and struggle against Thane's tight grip. It was all Thane could do to restrain the irate lioness. He didn't realize how strong she was. Sabar got up and quickly examined the fallen woman, "she broke my nose" Katra whined.

"Be lucky she didn't break your neck" Panthro answered, then looked around; the others in the restaurant were staring, "think we better go"

"A little help here please," Thane said still holding Leanna.

Panthro stood in front of his mate and gently put his hands on either side of her face" Lea!" he barked, she looked at him, "Stop," he said quietly and softly kissed her forehead, "it's ok, settle down" Panthro looked over her head and nodded to Thane to let her go. Thane released his grip and the lioness wrapped her arms around the panther waist and hugged him tightly.

Sabar helped the female puma to her feet, "crazy bitch," Katra snarled.

"She is Panthro first wife, "Sabar explained, "she was in a bad accident and we thought she was dead, but turned out she survived and had amnesia for a while"

"Hmm," Katra replied, "Sounds a bit too convenient to me"

Thane walked over, "I'm telling you now, do not mess with this family" he warned" things have finally calmed down for them; they don't need you adding trouble"

"I'm just trying to do what's right for my son" Katra said.

"And what would that be?" Thane asked, "You've never said exactly what you want"

Katra looked at thane and growled, "That s is none of your business"

"I'm part of this family; I'm making it my business" Thane shot back.

Panthro had heard enough he stepped back from his wife, "Katra your embarrassing yourself, now stop it".

"You mean I'm embarrassing you, the mighty Panthro of the high and mighty ThunderCats," Katra spat.

Leanna peered from behind her mate, "you are a horrible woman, and no wonder Panthro didn't want any thing to do with you!"

Katra smiled evilly, "not what he said the night our son was conceived, did you tell her about that night?"

"What?. That you took advantage of a good man when he was grieving?" Leanna asked spitefully.

Thane looked at the panther, "think we better go before these two rip each other apart"

Panthro nodded in agreement, "good idea, Lea, lets go home".

Panthro gently took his mate by the arm and paid for the dinner they never finished, he apologized to the owner and staff and the four left the restaurant. The ride back to the beach house was a quite one, neither one spoke as the pulled up to the house, both got out and went inside.

Sele had just come out of the children's room when the couple returned, "that was a quick dinner" she stated. Leanna took off her shoes and tossed them in the corner, "I'm going for a walk on the beach, "she said flatly and turned around and went out the door, Sele gave Panthro a odd look, "you two have a fight or something?"

Panthro took of his jacket and put it over the back of the over stuffed sofa, "or something, "he replied, "kids asleep?"

"Yes, I just checked on them, do you want me to stay?" the female snarf asked, "I don't mind, I miss the cubs when they're not around"

"If you don't mind, I need to go check on Lea" Panthro said as he headed for the door his wife went out of.

Leanna walked along the beach, the sand felt cool under her bare feet, there was enough of a ocean breeze to make the air a bit cooler then it had been during the daytime in the bright sun. After half a mile she stopped and stood at the waters edge, the white foam from the waves that came on shore curled over her bare feet and slightly tickled as it went back, pulling the sand with it. She wondered how long she could stand in one spot before she would start to sink in the soft wet sand.

Out of all the places she had been this was her favourite spot, the smell of the slat in the air from the ocean as the waves roared as they crashed against the rock was soothing, and beautiful as the moon light bounced off the ever moving water as the tide started to come in. Off in the distance she saw marine life night hunting, large schools of large fish would cause bubbles to rise to the surface as they hunted smaller fish.

Panthro seen her standing just at the edge of the water, he wasn't sure if he dare approach or what. But the nagging voice in the back of his mind told him to seek her out, he approached quietly, she was standing side too to him, he could see her profile in the moon light. "Lea?" he questioned softly.

The lioness turned her head "she is a horrible woman!" she simply stated. "Now I know why you didn't want to tell me about her".

Panthro knew anything he said now would be taken the wrong way so he decided to say nothing at all would be the best thing, he really didn't want to end up sleeping on the sofa again tonight. "I'm sorry your birthday got ruined, "she said turning to look back over the water, "I'm sorry for everything"

Panthro walked up and stood behind her, wrapping his big arms around her and pulled her against his chest, "don't be, what's done is done, nothing we can do about it now"