"That hurts," Arianna murmured groggily when something wet rasped her skin. However, that sting was what she needed to rouse from whatever dreamy state she was in.
Arianna stirred and was in the process of rubbing the sleep out of her eyes when her vision "accidentally" connected with fiery amber eyes that sent chills through her body.
Oh, God.
She didn't even know when her hand fell, or the fact she had gone as rigid as a tree when she fully comprehended the strong, majestic, and gratified golden coat of the lion staring up at her…
A lion was staring, right at her?
"Ahh!" Arianna screamed like a banshee; it was so loud that it could wake the dead from the dead - and it did successfully wake a certain person from his slumber.
"Shit!" Marcel cursed, bolting up to his feet, realizing how much he fucked up right now.
