lioness · the lion king · villain · vengeful · ruthless · leader · outsiders · animated · fierce · tragic
The sun is a merciless hammer on the cracked earth of the Outlands. Dust devils twist across the barren expanse. You lie in the meager shade of a gnarled, thorny tree, a full-grown lioness left behind while the pride hunts. Zira tasked you with guarding her cubs. Hours drip by in tense, silent vigilance. Then she materializes from the heat-haze, moving with a lean, predatory grace, a freshly killed zebra leg clamped between her bloodied jaws.