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"ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS??!!!" To say that Sundari's angry or upset is an understatement. To say that she's seething is an understatement. To say she's furious is an understatement. She was LIVID! "You made Svetlana your new queen?! That piebald bitch?!"
Barbados could care less as his most loyal lioness continued to roar and snarl her protests. Her raging was no match for his cruel and sadistic manner. He could easily break her neck with one powerful bite if he wanted to. "I thought you said you wanted a new queen. For me to replace Neith. Or was I mistaken, Sundari?"
"Instead of choosing me, your most loyal lioness in this pride, you choose a fucking floozy?! And for what? Because she gave you a FUCKING CUB!" When word got out that Svetlana was the first lioness in the pride to bless the king with a litter of four cubs, Sundari's jealousy was as plain as day. But when she found out that one of the cubs was a male...a smilus at that, she knew Barbados would praise Svetlana greatly. Which was a heavy comparison to Sundari's past litters. All of them were females; sure they had their father's looks and personality, but none of them lived up to the king's expectations. Not like Svetlana's newest litter. He even favored one of Belladona's cubs for being a male ferus like himself.
"Look, my decision has already been made." Barbados huffed a short growl, "Svetlana gave me a beautiful heir, and a strong one too. With that being said, she has every right to become the new queen."
"But that's not fair!" Sundari roared once more, "After everything I did for you! I gave up my whole life. I gave up EVERYTHING! FOR YOU!" Barbados had his back turned to her as he prepared to leave his own cave, which Sundari came to visit. How dare he ignore her, "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even be a king right now. And that BASTARD cub wouldn't have existed."
Quick as a flash, Barbados pounced on Sundari and shoved her to the ground. His pressed her face against the hard surface with a paw, his unsheathed claws piercing her skin. "And you wouldn't be in this pride if it wasn't for me." The ferus snarled and hissed just inches from the lioness's face, "You must've forgotten who runs things around here. Perhaps I need to remind you to value your life." Barbados decided to let her up, but she remained on the ground as he turned his back once more. "There's to be no further discussion about this; Svetlana is my new queen. You and the rest of the pride have no choice but to accept that. Should you bring any harm to her OR her cubs, I will unleash my fury upon you tenfold. Or take it out on your offspring. I'm serious, Sundari. DON'T. CROSS. ME."
As he stormed out of the cave, Sundari glared at him, hissing under her own breath. She didn't know what to do at that very moment as numerous emotions began pouring out. Hurt, anger, confusion and worst of all; betrayal. Sure, he's roared at Sundari a few times in the past, and has asserted himself time and time again. But... he's never harmed her in such a way. Sundari's so used to seeing him abuse the rest of the pride to ever think that he'd do the same to her some day. The pink eyed lioness got herself up and pondered on what he said.
Svetlana used to be a close comrade of hers, both against Neith and her loyal crew. Now that Svetlana was queen, she can have her own royal court, starting with her daughter, Aphrodite. That made her an enemy. Despite everything, Sundari still loves Barbados dearly; he just hasn't realized how important she is. How SHE'S meant to be the queen, not some stray tramp. Sundari will remain in the shadows for now. But a patient hunter always gets their prey. Maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, but one day, Sundari will remind Barbados of his minor mistake, and she will have her revenge.
Oh, Svetlana had better watch her back.
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