"After I killed a village in Africa, I was on the run. I couldn't stay at one place for long, and it wasn't so bad if I'm being honest. Naya was my friend; she was a shifter that I had mistaken for a lioness. My mother, or at least the woman who cared for me like a mother because mine died at childbirth, cared for Naya and her cubs. I was kidnapped, met someone I won't mention because he is a dickhead and in the end I destroyed his village because he wanted to sell me like I was a piece of meat."
I blinked twice. I really wanted to let her tell me everything before I interrupted, but I couldn't wait.
"Okay, slow down, baby, from the start. You already told me about your asshole brother, so I think I have that part covered."
Esmeralda sighed, took a deep breath, and finally started mak
