Page 127 of Savage Mates

My beautiful girl lumbered toward me, her eyes reflecting sadness at first. But the moment she saw me, she broke into a run, colliding with me as I allowed the tears to fall.

“Ah, baby girl. I’m so glad to see you.” She had her huge paws on my shoulders, licking me as she used to do.

The employees were oohing and aahing.

“Now, I’m jealous,” Zeus said from behind me.

“You do realize that’s a lioness. Right?” Thor laughed.

“A beautiful girl. I need to take a picture.” I reached into the pocket of my jeans, realizing I’d left my phone back at the house. Damn it. Oh, well. The real thing was much better. “Welcome home, baby girl.”

Backing away, I was happy to see seconds later she was already exploring.

A moment after that, something caught my eyes.

Jonas Junior.

He was already heading in her direction. He’d gathered her scent from hundreds of yards away.

Was it possible they were mates?

My three lions surrounded me, pulling me into their arms and we watched together as Simba and Jonas met. A beautiful sight.

Another reminder nature took care of its own.

And that life was extraordinarily precious.

Beep…

“Hi, Dr. Radcliff. This is Dr. Savannah Morgan, or just Savannah now. I’m sorry I didn’t return your call sooner, but I’ve been a little busy with two new cubs adding to our family and a flourishing pride. I’m happy to hear you managed to save so many shifter lions. Shifters are very special. Aren’t they? I feel the same about my wolves. Anyway, to answer your question about Dr. Blackwell. Yes, he’s still alive. There have been numerous sightings of him throughout the world. I do keep tabs on him. As you might have discovered, he is connected to some very prominent people, billionaires providing funding for his projects. Before you ask how he could remain alive, it’s because he’s a vampire. Not in the traditional sense as in needing bloodto survive, but energy. He feeds off human donors, sucking the life from them. He’s very dangerous and I urge you to stay away and don’t draw his attention. Do I believe there are hundreds if not thousands of other shifters in the world? Yes, I do. Their numbers will keep growing. In my professional opinion, soon they’ll living amongst us in cities and towns with few humans knowing the difference. Take care and perhaps we’ll talk again.”

The End