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Years Ago

"Caleb!"

The young dark gold, black maned lion sighed before looking over his shoulder towards his younger sister. "Don't think you're going to say some sob story and I'm going to stay here. I'm not Tojo, I'm not wrapped around your paw!"

Waya shook her head before looking at her second oldest brother with disbelief in her amber eyes. "All I was going to say was, good luck. But you can take that and choke on it for all I care."

A young dull brown, darker brown maned lion shook his head before heading over the border. "You'll never learn."

Caleb sighed before turning and following his older brother across the border and into unknown terrain.

A Year And A Half Ago

Caleb and his brother has been traveling for a little bit more than a year. Living as nomads, without a care in the world. On their travels, the brothers came to a pride on the other side of mountain where the mountain territories domain. The Waterfall pride. Where the members were of mostly white or grey.

Caleb and his brother, Chumvi were near the borders when the brothers caught sight of two lionesses arguing. The oldest was a bit over three years, had a whitish-beige pelt as the other was a year and a half, had a white pelt.

"Linda, it's not the end of the world!" the whitish-beige lioness, Ari yelled.

But the white teen lioness wasn't listening. She walked over to a pound and started to pace. Her ungraceful movements stirred up a bit of dust. "It's not fair!"

Ari sighed heavily, her dark green eyes full of symphony. "I know. But you have to, for your father."

Linda stopped pacing and glared at her mother. "But I don't love the prince. He's a jerk!"

Ari shook her head, letting out a frustrated sigh. "Linda, it's not the end of the world. Just go out there and do your best. No pressure."

Linda shook her head with a scoff, before running off into the pride's domain. It was her solo hunt and a alot was riding with her succeeding. Her mother expected her to take down something big, so she have a good chance to impress the king and his son.

If she marries the prince then her sick dad won't get kicked out of the pride. So impressing the royals is what she tends to do.

Linda had her hazel eyes locked on a wounded male water buffalo. She knew that she shouldn't take on such prey alone but she had to kill something worthy. Or face her mother disappointment and the fact that the king wasn't impressed enough to make her his son's mate.

Linda had nearly flattened herself to the ground, completely hidden from the herd's view. Linda raised a bit and was about to launch herself on her target when she suddenly felt the ground under her began to shake. Linda looked up from her hiding place to gasp as her eyes widened with fear at the sight of the herd rushing towards her in a cloud of dust.

'Stampede!'

Linda cried in her head before she and turned before bolting from the charging beasts.

Linda ran as fast as she could, but her lungs burned for air as her paws hurt from running. Just as she thought to give up a golden blur tackled her out of the way. Linda coughed as the dust from the stampede got in her throat. Soon it cleared and the princess slowly and weakly stood up. She looked around and her eyes widen when she saw a well built dark gold, black mane lion standing a bit from her.

'He's handsome!'

"Are you alright?"

Linda shook her head before looking at the male standing in front of her. "Yes..." then her eyes narrowed. "Rogue! What are you doing trespassing!"

The dark gold lion glared with common but charming black eyes. "First of all Princesa, my name is Caleb. And I was wondering if I could stay."

Linda wasn't sure but thought that since this male rescued her. The least she could do is take him to the king. "Follow me. I'm pretty sure, that the king wants to thank you for saving one of his pride members."

But Linda didn't know that with the presence of this new male, her life will change drastically.

...

A few months later

Rain.

Rain kissed her back as the young adult lioness heaved in and out rapidly. She was quite young, but strong. One of the strongest lionesses in the pride, to be accurate. She cried a little as she pushed; the weather didn't help either. Linda tried to encourage herself, but she didn't have the guts to find her voice. Again, an agonizing roar broke through the skies. She was exhausted: it had almost been an hour since she last arrived. The young lioness licked her lips and grimaced as another sharp pain hit her stomach.

Her legs were curled up with her tail tuft laying in between. Her hazel eyes shot open as she continued to push.

Linda had been here for hours—but it was all worth it. The slightest crack of life had just been birthed. Blood was puddled around the lioness and her two cubs, and the mewing continued. She felt the tiniest ponder of their delicate bodies fall onto the blooded leaves that surrounded them.

"Finally," she was relieved in her mind, to birth the newest members of the Waterfall pride, and perhaps the newest heirs—since after all she was engaged to the future king. Just the thought of these cubs made her think of the family she had left behind. Ever since she had found out she was pregnant, she distanced herself from her pride-mates, too afraid to expose her largest mistake she had committed in her life. Mating with a rouge instead of her betrothed. But she didn't care; she didn't love the lion she was meant to love. She was in love with another lion.

Caleb.

Her savoir in more than one way. They were never meant to be, but their last meeting was taken advantage of, resulting in these two little felines Linda had just birthed. She licked the new products of her and Caleb with a smile, tasting the blood of birth she had just exposed to the world. The rain trickled on them, making the cubs mewl louder.

Mew...Mew...

Linda sighed out of exhaustion, looking towards her colorless paws in shame. "What've I done?" she questioned herself, as if she knew the answer.

But she did, but she didn't want to believe it. Aria gaped towards the other younger cub that tried to find its way towards her breasts. The lioness extended a claw, wincing as she did so. Did she really want to kill the cubs? She had no other choice.

Linda grabbed the first cub, closing her eyes.

Mew...mew...MEW!

But she couldn't return to the pride either, her only way to save her cubs was to run. Since being betrothed, she didn't have any choice. Since mating with a rouge, she didn't have any choice.

A Bit Before A Month Later

She couldn't do it anymore. Leaving her pride for a couple of cubs she had out of witlock. Linda had to return and marry the prince. It was what's best for her and her family.

Grabbing her son and daughter, Laurens and Raiden. The white lioness headed over to a cliff, where a river lies below. Closing her eyes, Linda took a deep breath before dropping the cubs into the river.

Before turning to head back to her prince without looking back.