The muscular lion paced on the peak of pride rock, worry making him shiver.

It wasn’t unwarranted. Hyenas have been increasing their number; he just knew it. He couldn’t prove it, but he had a feeling. It had been too quiet. He just battled against them, before his child was born, and they had not poked their heads out again since. He needed to exterminate them. To keep his baby safe, to keep his wife, Nala, safe, and to keep his kingdom safer.