It was his for as long as he decided to stay on the pride lands, if he wanted it. But he hadn’t decided yet whether he was staying or running. It was a nice enough apartment, one of the most recently built. He’d designed the complex himself with more independent non-lions in mind, to maximize the sense of space and seclusion in the individual units. Even if the residents were surrounded by their pride mates on all sides, the views pointed toward the mountains and open land, giving the illusion of privacy. Not a bad place to spend a few months, or even years. If he decided to stay. He’d gone looking for Lila earlier, but only managed to run into Patch, who was doing the same. They’d leaned over the railing on the external stair of Lila’s building and watched the frenzy of activity below. Dozens of shifters all moving into the complex at once, plus more arriving from the south every day. A handful of outliers were refusing to be called in, but most had heard enough rumors of disappearances to make them wary of being off on their own.
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