Sasha's Lion (2 page)

“I haven’t seen her before, Britney. She was hot,” Tyler
said interrupting his thoughts. Savron looked at him and growled.

“She’s new, been in school for a couple of months
now.
 
Don’t worry about her finding out
about us. She’s from Australia and has no idea that over half the school is
full of shifters.” Britney ignored his growling and winked at Tyler. “She’s had
quite a number of admirers.”

Savron had heard enough. He turned and stalked out
of Britney’s room, telling himself he would stay away for a while, use his own
house.

****

Sasha didn’t end up going dancing. She decided after
imagining what she saw yesterday afternoon she should have a quiet night and go
to bed. Now as she drove to school she prayed that Britney didn’t think she was
a weirdo and tell everyone how strange she was.

Sasha was actually enjoying the new school and
America. She didn’t want to do anything to mess her life up. It also helped
that she hadn’t seen her mum this happy in years. Steve treated her mother like
a queen, and he treated her and her little sister like his own.
 
Steve was a good man.

She pulled into the school parking lot and walked to
the gates. Britney and the rest of the cheerleaders waited out the front.

Sasha sighed in relief when the first thing that came
out of Britney’s mouth was, “We’re all excited to plan your eighteenth. My Dad
said he’ll give one of his clubs for the night if you want. No alcohol of
course. We have to pay for decorations and entertainment. What do you think?”

Speechless, Sasha stared at the beaming Britney.
Wow
. She was serious. She calculated
what she had as savings and what she knew she would get out of her mum and dad.
“Okay, sounds good. I won’t have a huge
budg
—”

She was cut off as six girls squealed around her.

Chapter
Two

Sasha was eighteen today. Her mum had lent her the
car, and she drove to see Britney, who’d fast become her best friend. Sasha
missed her friends in Australia, but having Britney and her friends accept her
and get along with them so well was nice. It was Friday afternoon, and the
party they’d organized was tomorrow.

Sasha had meet Britney’s parents last week when they
got back from their holiday. They were a gorgeous couple, and Sasha could see where
their children now got their cover-model looks. She’d thanked them for letting
her use one of their clubs and told them what a lovely daughter they had.
Britney had helped her feel less homesick.

She pulled into the driveway of the massive two-storey
home. Sasha hadn’t come by to chat. She was heading out to meet her mother for
dance lessons. Well, to practice for an upcoming competition. Sasha had slacked
off in her dancing lately, and her dance partner wasn’t happy.

Grabbing the box of decorations that was left at her
house and needed to be at the venue tomorrow, she eased out of the car as a BMW
4-wheel drive pulled in behind her, blocking her in. Going to the front door
she knocked. The door opened, and Britney came out with a bag of chips in one
hand and a can of Coke in the other.

“Hi, birthday girl.
Whatcha
doing
here?”

“I have decorations that got left at my house, and I
thought I’d drop them off on my way to dancing.” Bending over Sasha placed them
by the door. She hugged herself as the chilly wind whipped at her. “I’m so
sorry I can’t stay and bring them in and chat, but I have to go.”

“Go. That’s fine. I know you’ve missed a lot of
dancing since we started organizing this party. Have a great birthday night,
and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Sasha blew her a kiss and turned, took a couple of
steps back to her car only to freeze at the massive chest that greeted her. She
looked up into blazing yellow-gold eyes.

“What the hell are you wearing? When you bent over I
saw everything.”
 
His eyes flashed darker,
and Sasha took a step back.

“Sorry. I have a costume rehearsal for my dancing,
and to save time I just got changed into it now.
I … um …
sorry for what you saw.
I need you to move your car, please, so I can
go.”

He blocked her and didn’t move back to his car.

Straightening to her full 5’4”, almost 5’5” in her
dancing shoes, she flashed him a tight smile. “Please can you move your car?
It’s my birthday today, and I said I’d have dinner with Mum first before I go
to practice.”

His hand came out, and his finger brushed her cheek,
before moving down, lingering on her lips. She shivered at his touch and told
herself she was a fool for not moving away, but the deep yellow of his eyes
captured her.

“Happy birthday.
How
old are you?” His fingertips left her lips and trailed down her neck.

“Eighteen,” she croaked out.

He groaned, and Britney, whom Sasha had completely
forgotten about muttered, “Holy shit.”

****

The smell had hit him as soon as he got out of the
car, desert rose and freedom all rolled into one. His lion roared in his head,
“Mate.”
 
He followed the smell and found
a very nice
arse
in the air in some killer heels. The
skirt she wore covered barely anything. When she bent over he saw her black
lacy j-string.

Savron
listened to what was being said, and it started to click into place when he
heard birthday. When she turned he gave an inward moan.

Great,
just great
.
It was
the hot girl from a couple of weeks ago. He told her happy birthday and asked
her how old she was, groaning out loud this time when she said she was of age.
Fuck
.

He took deep breaths of her intoxicating smell and
knew the reason he’d been able to stay away was because she wasn’t old enough.
He gently touched her face, memorizing it. He glanced up and over in time to
see recognition in Britney’s eyes as she figured out what her friend was to
him.
 

“Mom.
Dad.
I think you better come out here now,” Britney yelled.

 
“Is something
wrong with Sasha? Is she o—” His mom stopped mid-sentence as she took the
situation in. Then her eyes widened, and she said to his dad, “Darling, run up
stairs and get some tracksuit pants of mine.”

His father took off. Sasha looked around her as his
family surrounded her.

“Ah … I really need to go. I, um, have to go and
meet my mum, sister, and Steve, at the restaurant for my birthday dinner.”

His mother came to Sasha wrapping her arm around
Sasha and pulling her into their house.
 
“Come on,
sweety
. I think you need to come
inside for a moment.”

Britney followed his mother, and he stood still
watching them enter the house as he tried to calm his lion and gather himself.

“Holy shit, bro. You have a human for a mate,” Brandon
muttered.

Savron shot a glare at his brother. Tyler whacked
him on the back.

“Don’t stress. I wouldn’t mind her for my mate. She’s
hot.”

Fuck his brothers.
So much for
calming down.
He turned to Tyler and snarled, “Shut the fuck up.”

The idiot laughed.
 
“Oh this is going to be so good. Big controlling brother has a human
mate.”

 
Tyler and
Brandon slipped by him with huge grins on their faces.

Carl grimaced. “What are you going to do? She’s the
reason you haven’t been here much, isn’t she?”

“Yeah, my lion went a little crazy last time I saw
her. I thought I needed to get away and get laid.”

Carl smirked. “How’d that work out for you?”

He growled, ignored Carl, and stomped into the
house. Savron followed the desert rose into the lounge room. Sasha sat on the
three seat sofa with his mother on one side and Britney on the other. She now
had his mother’s tracksuit pants on, the tight sparkly dress showing over the
top.

He paused at the entrance and studied his mate. She was
gorgeous, big brown eyes, dark olive skin, midnight black hair, and her body
was amazing. When she’d been outside he’d appreciated the view. She was
shapely, with muscular legs, hips that flared out, and a nice round ass.
Top heavy with large breasts.
If he had to guess, she’d be
in the big E-cups. He couldn’t help the grin that spread over his face. Most
shifters weren’t big in that department. Thanks to shifting and running, the
female shifters were mostly flat-chested. Sasha was short. Even with high heels
she wore she’d come to just below his shoulders.
 

Savron had never dated a human. He hadn’t even had
sex with one. The woman he was seeing now was a puma shifter. Well, he hadn’t
seen her in almost two weeks, but she was the last woman he was with.

Shit
. He
closed his eyes, unsure of himself for the first time in his life. What the
hell was he supposed to do now?

“I don’t know what’s going on, and I really don’t
think I want to know, but I’m late, and I don’t want to worry my family any
longer.” Sasha stood. “Thanks for the loan of the pants. I’ll give them back to
you tomorrow. I know it was rude of me to drop this off and run, but—”

Savron opened his eyes and looked at the reason for
his unease.
 
She looked uncomfortable. Her
shoulders hunched, she played with her fingernails, and she looked anywhere but
at his family. He could smell the confusion and worry as he walked closer into
the room and interrupted her.

“Sorry about the hold-up. Everyone just wanted to
wish you a proper happy birthday. I thought, if it’s okay, we could come with
you and meet your family and join you for dinner.”

Savron eyed his family to tell them he had his lion
under control and that he could handle this. His mother’s eyes narrowed, and he
smiled. He didn’t want to tell his mate on her birthday that the world was a
lot bigger than she thought.
That
shifters and other
not so nice things existed. That Sin City was called that for a reason and not
for the one she thought.
 
He could
control his lion as long as she didn’t leave him right now.

Sasha bit into her bottom lip. “Ah, thanks, but
tonight is
kinda
a family thing.”

Britney pouted, stood up, and hugged Sasha. “I thought
I was like your family. I’d make an awesome sister. I’d really love my family
to meet your little sister and mum before tomorrow night. Please, I’m sure your
mother won’t mind.” Britney pulled out her phone from her pocket and shoved it
at Sasha. “Call them now.”

Sasha slowly typed the number in the phone and put
it to her ear. He watched as her eyes darted around the room. “Hi, Mum. I’m
sorry I’m late. Yes, I know. Yes. Mum, I had to drop some things off at
Britney’s house, and I was wondering if it’s okay if Britney’s family joins us
for dinner.”

Savron could hear her mother on the other end say it
was a family dinner and she would meet them tomorrow. He needed to stay with
Sasha, even if it was just for a little while, so he could calm his lion down and
start to get to know her.

Britney took the phone from Sasha.
“Hi, Mrs.
Brentno
.
I’m sorry to
impose on your family dinner. My family would love to meet yours. My brother
Savron in particular would like to meet the mother of the girl he’s interested
in. Why yes.”

Sasha gasped, and her gaze fell on him. She tried to
grab the phone from Britney.

His mum stood and dragged Sasha to the front door.
“Go wait in the car. Britney will be out there in a moment to join you, and
we’ll follow you.”

Sasha looked like a deer stuck in the headlights as
she walked out.

When the front door shut his father turned to him.
“What are you going to do, son? I have faith in you, and the family supports
you in any decision you make. Just remember, once mated
it’s
permanent. Unbreakable.”

Scrubbing his hands over his face, Savron looked at
his family. “I have no idea what I’m going to do. I‘ve never been with a human
even on a date.” He turned to Britney, who was putting the phone back into her
pocket. “Do you think she could handle our world? It’s a big thing to learn vampires
aren’t that lovable sparkly shit. Or that trolls and leprechauns are something
you never want to meet. And her new best friend turns into a lion. Shifters
exist, and they control and kill all the bad shit. Oh, and she’s a mate to a
shifter, which entails a lot of other crap.”

Britney rolled her eyes. “When you put it like that,
you make it sound all bad. There is good stuff. And yeah, I think she could
handle it. Sasha isn’t like my other human friends. If you give her a chance
and let the mate thing evolve, you’ll see she is quite perfect for you.”

His dad patted him on the back. “It’s up to you. We
won’t say anything until you know what you want and are ready.”