by Alice Wilde
“We need to shift,” Li says. “We should be able to see better in the dark in our leopard forms.”
“Ero and I will shift,” Roan says. “You carry Annalise and our things, and we’ll lead the way.”
“Okay.”
I wonder how they’re going to accomplish this as Li gathers their belongings into one of the bags and slings them over his shoulder.
“Okay, Little Bird, into my arms.”
I reach out for him in the dark and his hand finds mine. Li carefully lifts me, and then we set off slowly through the darkness, following the soft mews of two giant leopards as they lead the way.
It seems like an eternity before we finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. Roan and Ero shift back into men as soon as there’s enough light to continue on safely. As we draw closer to the light, I can see that it’s coming from small cracks in a thick, wooden door.
“It’s locked,” Roan says as we near it.
“Barely,” Ero says, grabbing the lock in one hand and yanking it off with ease.
“Ero,” I gasp in shock. “That was to help keep people out.”
“Yeah, well the emperor should have remembered to give us a key, then,” Ero says.
“He did,” Li sighs, pulling a key out of one of his pockets.
“Oh, well. Too late now,” Ero says with a shrug.
Turning back to the door, he pulls it open and we step out into the gray light of early morning. But no sooner are we outside and taking in deep breaths of fresh air than a twig snaps nearby.
Li holds me tight against his chest while Roan and Ero step closer beside us as we wait to see the sound. A moment later, a white fox jumps out of a bush and runs off into the forest, and we all sigh with relief.
“I suppose we’re off to find a dragon, then,” Ero says.
Li turns and looks back at the city under attack in the distance.
“Li,” I say softly, “if we don’t hurry, the whole world will look like that before we know it.”
Li looks down at me with a soft smile. “You’re right, Little Bird. Let’s go.”
And with that, we race off in search of a dragon.
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The Lioness of Egypt
The Shifters of Africa Book One
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A murdered pharaoh. An evil sorceress. And three lion shifter kings.
Sanura would do whatever it took to be the next queen of Egypt – even if it meant marrying her younger half-brother and waging war on all of Africa. But when the pharaoh is murdered and Sanura blamed for the crime, she barely escapes the city with her life.
With nothing and no one to help her, Sanura finds herself at the mercy of a lion shifter African king. One of Egypt’s sworn enemies. A man who would be better off with her dead.
And he’s not the only lion king she needs to worry about.
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Alice Wilde grew up with a love of reading and spent her teens writing and submitting her essays as fantasy stories, much to the annoyance, but often high marks, of her teachers. Now, she spends much of her days writing historical fantasy paranormal romances (filled with gorgeous men and, of course, magic) that she hopes will spark a flame in readers as much as they do in herself.
Alice is currently living with her cat in a bustling city she never sees much of, as she's too busy dreaming up, writing down, and living in her next paranormal RH romance, though she generally finds enough time for a real-life date or two... We all need a bit of inspiration now and again, right?
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