Predator & Prey

Chapter 1

.:Author's Note:.

Blake at the top.

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Blake's POV:

"Oh come on, Dimitri! You have to admit, that was pretty fun." I said as I removed my now sticky shirt. The lemonade had seeped through the thin material and glistened in the sun on my skin.

"Only you would find something like that funny." Dimi replied with a small grin as he shook his head. I laughed again as the memory of what occurred just seconds ago played in my head. Note to self: Don't publicly reject a girl when you're both standing next to a drink machine. You will get sticky.

"It's funny because it was unexpected. I've had girls do a lot of things to me when I reject them: key my car, call me names, and even slap me a couple times. But to take the gun of the soda machine and stick it inside my shirt and pants? Now that's genius." I finished with another laugh as I removed my pants also. I was now bare to everyone's eyes in the area. Many only glanced my way before continuing with their business. It helped that it was only members of my father's pride walking about, so they were used to seeing others naked.

Dimitri only rolled his eyes as he used my key to unlock the trunk of my car. I smiled gratefully at him before grabbing a water bottle to pour on myself, hoping to get the stickiness off. Then, I grabbed some clean clothes and quickly put it onto my still wet body.

"What was wrong with this girl anyways? From the way she had so much confidence, she would've made the perfect lioness for you." Dimi questioned as he leaned against my car, waiting for me to get dress. I shrugged uninterestedly.

"I don't know. I just wasn't feeling her I guess." I answered truthfully before slipping on my shoes. Once done, I looked to my best friend who was frowning at me. Making my innocent face at him forced a chuckle out of him which caused me to grin.

"You do know that she was the last available lioness in this pride, right? In less than three months, you've managed to go through every lioness you can, only to reject all of them as your mate."

That bit of information didn't bother me in the slightest. There was only about fifteen lioness around my age group in the pride. My father had the largest pride in Arizona, consisting of a little over fifty lions.

"None of them were the one." I replied, which only caused Dimi to shake his head again.

"You're hopeless."

"Yeah, but you love me anyways." I said as we got into my car.

"I have no idea why." Dimi replied before we shared another round of laughter.

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"Honey, I'm home!" I shouted to no one in particular as I unlocked the door to Dimi's and my shared apartment. It was a small, two-bedroom rental that we moved into once we started our sophomore year in college. Directly across from the apartment's door was the sitting area. Directly to the left of the door was the kitchen. Between the kitchen and the living room were two doors directly across from each other that lead to Dimi's and my designated rooms. The flat was pretty cool, considering that both rooms had their own bathroom. It wasn't large, but it was all we needed at the moment.

Dimi shoved me out of the way so that he was able to enter the apartment, slamming the door behind him. He then proceeded to grab a beer from the fridge before plopping into one of the couches in the living room. I shook my head with a grin before slipping off my shoes and walking towards my room.

"I'm gonna go take a shower. Got to get the rest of this sticky lemonade off." I told him before entering my room. After shredding off my clothes, I lazily threw them into the hamper as I walked to the bathroom. The lights turned on automatically thanks to the sensors. I turned on the shower and didn't bother to wait for the water to set as I hopped right in. The freezing water caused me to jump before I moaned as it heated up and soothed my muscles.