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Too Late For Sorry, My Lion King Engsub Betrayed Princess, Beast King
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00:00The night before my wedding, my husband slept with Hyena.
00:03I was alone in our new den, doing the final touches.
00:07I pawed open the deepest layer of bedding, and I found them.
00:10Dried stains.
00:11Coarse hairs.
00:13Gray with black spots.
00:14Hyena.
00:16Tira.
00:16I shifted to human form, standing barefoot on the bedding.
00:21I pinched the hairs between my fingers and brought them to my nose.
00:25Her scent.
00:26No mistake.
00:27I tossed the hairs away, shifted back to lioness.
00:38Ripples spread across the water's surface.
00:40I waited for Jago's face to appear.
00:42But the reflection wasn't his mane.
00:44It was another face.
00:45Round ears.
00:46Green eyes.
00:47Tira.
00:47She shifted to human form, wearing an eye livery ring on a cord around her neck.
00:51That's a really comfortable nest, she said.
00:54I tested it for you.
00:56Where's Jango?
00:58I asked.
00:59Tira smiled.
01:01She stirred the water with her hand.
01:03Then Jango's voice drifted out.
01:06Tira, come lick my back.
01:09Tira looked at the water.
01:11Looked at my face.
01:12The groom's not bad either, she said.
01:15Tested him for you too.
01:17The water went dark.
01:19I collapsed on the boulder.
01:21Moonlight on my fur.
01:23I don't know how long I lay there.
01:26Eventually, I went back to the den.
01:28Dragged out all the carefully laid grass, acacia pluff, lavender, and shoved it all off the rocks into the ravine
01:37below.
01:37I clawed deep gouges into the boulder.
01:41Then I bit through the knot of the wedding charm hanging at the entrance.
01:45I sent word to all our families and friends.
01:48Wedding canceled.
01:50Then I turned off the water link and went back to my own den.
01:55I drank fermented monkey bread fruit wine and slept till morning.
02:01I woke to thunderous roaring outside my cave.
02:04Jango stood at the entrance with his brothers.
02:07They were all in lion form.
02:10Manes braided, coated with resin, gleaming in the morning light.
02:15Jango wore the brightest red parrot feathers around his neck, the groom's mark.
02:19The prey he was carrying had been crushed into pulp, blood dripping everywhere.
02:24He shifted to human.
02:27His hair a mess.
02:29He's clearly just woken up.
02:31And his eyes went red.
02:34Cora!
02:36Have you lost your damn mind?
02:38The twisted look on his face was so ridiculous.
02:41That laugh couldn't help but laugh.
02:43That laugh pushed him over the edge.
02:45He slammed the pulped carcass onto the ground and roared at me.
02:50Do you know what today is?
02:52I sat up on my grass bed.
02:54The old animal held slipped down to my waist.
02:58I ran my fingers through my hair and said,
03:01voice raspy,
03:03I told you,
03:04wedding's off.
03:05We're done.
03:07Jango's eyes were bloodshot.
03:08He squeezed them shut, grinding his teeth.
03:13Come with me right now.
03:14I'll pretend nothing happened.
03:20I forgive you.
03:22I glanced at his brothers behind him.
03:24They all had that look, enjoying the show.
03:29I stood up, tied the old hide tighter around my waist,
03:34and said coldly,
03:37Jango, you're the one who messed up.
03:39You really want to do this here?
03:42In front of everyone?
03:44Talk about you and the Hyena Queen?
03:46Get lost.
03:48We're done.
03:51Jango froze.
03:52His face went through about five different expressions.
03:56That arrogant fire got doused real quick.
03:59His eyes started darting around,
04:01unable to meet mine.
04:03But he didn't leave.
04:04His voice went soft.
04:06You've got it wrong.
04:08My fault.
04:08I should have told you sooner.
04:10Fight me.
04:11Claw me.
04:11Whatever.
04:13But today's our big nay.
04:15The whole Savannah's watching.
04:18Stop making a scene and come with me, okay?
04:21He shook his head, gave a bitter smile,
04:24looked so sincere,
04:25like I was the one being crazy.
04:27One of Jango's good brothers
04:29shifted to human form and opened his mouth.
04:32Sister-in-law,
04:33can't you sort this out later?
04:34Let's just do the ceremony today.
04:36Wait here.
04:39I turned back into the cave,
04:41finger-combed my hair,
04:42tied it back with vines,
04:44put on a clean hide skirt,
04:45and came back out.
04:47No red clay bridal paint.
04:49No jewelry.
04:50Jango asked why I wasn't going to the river
04:53to bathe first,
04:54why I wasn't putting on makeup.
04:56I didn't answer.
04:58His face darkened,
05:00but he couldn't do a thing about it.
05:03The wedding was under the baobab tree.
05:06When I got there,
05:07I saw it was basically just Jango's family and friends.
05:10None of my siblings.
05:11None of my people.
05:12I'd already told them last night.
05:14Seeing me show up so casually,
05:17the guests started murmuring.
05:18A few old lionesses shifted
05:20to human form
05:20and started whispering
05:21in shrill voices.
05:23How can she throw such a tantrum
05:24over something so small?
05:25So entitled.
05:27Exactly.
05:27All these guests waiting.
05:29And she pulls this.
05:30If she didn't want to marry him,
05:32she should have said so earlier.
05:33Jango's mother,
05:34Lady Brown,
05:35came up to me
05:35and sat me down
05:36in the main seat.
05:37She stayed in human form,
05:39reached over
05:40to smooth my hair.
05:42Silly child.
05:43We couldn't reach you
05:44on the water link last night.
05:46We were so worried
05:47and said gently,
05:48Did Jango hurt you?
05:50Tell me.
05:51I'll deal with him.
05:53Before I could answer,
05:54someone arrived.
05:57Tira.
05:58New pay walk.
06:04She was wearing
06:05a spotted hyena hide
06:06dyed red.
06:08Madla root dye.
06:09Red as blood.
06:11Behind her came
06:12three hyena guards,
06:13all in human form,
06:15moving in perfect step.
06:17Her face was painted
06:18with flower juice
06:19and charcoal ash.
06:21Elaborate patterns
06:22running from the corners
06:23of her eyes
06:23all the way
06:24to her lips.
06:26She wore bone heels.
06:29Every step went
06:30click, click.
06:32Hope I'm not too late,
06:33she said,
06:34voice like sand
06:35and blood mixed together.
06:37Congratulations
06:38on the wedding, Cora.
06:39Tira walked to the main seat
06:41and sat down next to me.
06:43When she sat,
06:45something around her neck
06:46caught the light.
06:49An ivory ring.
06:54Exactly like the one
06:55around my neck.
06:56That design.
06:57I'd carved it by hand
06:58with stone tools.
06:59It took me a month,
07:01polishing it
07:01with sandstone slabs.
07:03There were only two
07:04in the world.
07:04One around my neck.
07:06One I'd placed
07:07in Jego's hands myself.
07:10Now it hung around
07:11the hyena queen's neck.
07:14My fingers clenched
07:15the hem of my hide skirt.
07:19Jego and the baboon
07:20Shaba walked over together.
07:25The bride's red fur coat
07:28is really pretty.
07:30Tira laughed.
07:34Oh, I'm not the bride today.
07:37Don't mind me, Cora.
07:40He saw Tira.
07:43A flicker of panic
07:44crossed his face.
07:48But he quickly
07:49looked away.
07:50Why aren't you
07:51getting ready?
07:55Jego!
07:56Watch your tone!
08:00Yeah, Cora's
08:01just a little upset.
08:03Tira chimed in.
08:04You should sweet talk her.
08:09That made Jego
08:11even angrier.
08:13He shifted to lion form
08:15and roared at me.
08:18Cora!
08:19There's a limit
08:20to your stubbornness!
08:22Go!
08:24Now!
08:28Tira stood up
08:29and patted Jempa's shoulder.
08:31Don't be mad.
08:32Cora will go get ready.
08:33I'll help you greet the guests.
08:36You might as well
08:36just marry him yourself.
08:38I said.
08:39I stood up,
08:41raised my voice
08:41so every guest could hear.
08:43Sorry, everyone.
08:45You came all this way
08:47for nothing.
08:48Eat,
08:49drink,
08:50be merry.
08:52But Jego and I?
08:55Officially done
08:56as of now.
08:58You're all witnesses.
09:02Jego shifted back to human,
09:05glaring at me.
09:07Are you done?
09:11Tira looked genuinely worried.
09:16Cora,
09:17don't misunderstand.
09:19I was just offering
09:21to help with the guests.
09:23You've done way more
09:25than help with guests.
09:26I said.
09:29Didn't you already
09:30test out the bed
09:31for me?
09:34Something flickered
09:36deep in Tira's eyes.
09:38Satisfaction.
09:40But she switched it out
09:41fast for a hurt look.
09:45I slapped her
09:47across the face.
09:48The whole place
09:49went dead silent.
09:50Four bloody scratches
09:51appeared on Tira's face.
09:53She froze for a second.
09:55Then her eyes changed.
09:59The three hyena guards
10:01behind her
10:02all stepped forward
10:03at once,
10:03low rattling
10:04growls in their throats.
10:08Jego panicked.
10:11He stepped in front
10:12of Tira.
10:13No.
10:14He blocked her.
10:19Cora,
10:20are you insane?
10:21He roared at me.
10:25Tira finally
10:26let the tears fall.
10:28She buried her face
10:29in Jego's chest,
10:30but her eyes,
10:31over his shoulder,
10:32stayed locked on mine.
10:33There was rage
10:34in that look.
10:35And triumph.
10:37Lady Brown moved fast.
10:38She lunged forward
10:40and yanked Tira
10:40out of Jego's arms.
10:45Tira,
10:46this is a family matter.
10:49You don't belong here.
10:51Now.
10:52Tira looked at Jango.
10:54He looked away.
10:57She looked at me.
10:59Then she smiled.
11:01She shifted to hyena form,
11:03mouth splitting
11:04all the way to her ears,
11:06rows of yellow teeth.
11:10She turned
11:11and walked away.
11:15But Jango wasn't done.
11:19He shifted to lion
11:21and roared it.
11:23Happy now!
11:24You ruined the wedding!
11:27No other lion
11:29in this world
11:30will want you.
11:32Are you,
11:34Tisted World?
11:35You crazy bitch!
11:37I slammed my palm
11:38on the table!
11:42You're right.
11:44It's off.
11:45But today,
11:46I'm teaching you
11:47a lesson.
11:50I walked to the stone wall
11:52and traced Tira's name
11:53in the sand.
11:55The wall lit up.
11:57Last night's images
11:58filled the entire rock face.
12:01That's a really comfortable nest.
12:04I tested it for you.
12:06Where's Jago?
12:08The groom's not bad either.
12:10Tested him for you too.
12:12And in the image,
12:14Jago's voice
12:15from deep inside the cave.
12:17Tira,
12:18come lick my back.
12:24The images faded.
12:26The wall went dark.
12:28Silence.
12:29Mr. Brown stood up,
12:30walked to Jango,
12:33and slapped him
12:34across the face.
12:36Jango staggered.
12:38Tears ran down
12:40the old man's face.
12:42Jago,
12:43I said,
12:44voice rising
12:45from somewhere deep
12:46in my chest.
12:48The one who betrayed
12:49this marriage
12:50was you.
12:51You and the hyena queen.
12:53In our marriage bed.
12:56My eyes started blurring.
13:00I shook my head,
13:01shook the tears off.
13:03Jagen's lips trembled.
13:04Nothing came out.
13:05I didn't look at him again.
13:06I only said to Jago's parents
13:08and the guests,
13:09I'm sorry for everything
13:10that happened today.
13:12Jago and I are done.
13:14Please forgive my rudeness.
13:15Then I turned
13:17and walked away.
13:19And in the image,
13:20Jago's voice
13:21from deep inside the cave.
13:23Tira,
13:24come lick my back.
13:27The images faded.
13:29The wall went dark.
13:31Silence.
13:34Behind the baobab tree,
13:35I ran into Tira
13:37leaning against the trunk.
13:39She hadn't left.
13:41She'd been waiting for me.
13:43So Cora's not getting married today.
13:46Where are you off to?
13:47She asked.
13:48I didn't answer.
13:49She kept going.
13:51Cora,
13:51a plain,
13:53ordinary lioness like you
13:54should just find some
13:55plain,
13:56ordinary lion.
13:58Jago was never someone
13:59you could reach.
14:00I couldn't reach him?
14:02I repeated.
14:04Isn't that the truth?
14:06Cora needs to know her place.
14:08I stepped forward
14:10and yanked the leather cord
14:11off her neck.
14:14The ivory ring fell to the ground.
14:17I carved that ring
14:18with my own hands.
14:20It doesn't belong on you.
14:22Jago gave that to me!
14:23Tira lunged for it.
14:25I bent down
14:27and used my toe
14:28to nudge the ring
14:29into a pile of fresh dung.
14:32Watching her face,
14:33I said flatly,
14:34trash belongs in the trash heap.
14:36If you want to dig through shit
14:37for food,
14:38be my guest.
14:41Same goes for Jebba.
14:44I gave her one last look
14:46and walked into the grass.
14:48You think you've won?
14:51Tira's voice followed me.
14:53I didn't look back.
14:55Before dawn the next day,
14:57Jango came back.
14:59He stood outside my cave.
15:01No brothers.
15:02No feathers.
15:04Alone.
15:06Two enormous black circles
15:08under his eyes.
15:09The moment I came out,
15:10he shoved a freshly killed
15:11wildebeest towards me.
15:14Cora,
15:14I brought you something fresh.
15:16Still warm.
15:18I looked at him calmly.
15:21Suddenly,
15:22none of it meant anything.
15:25I pushed him.
15:27He didn't move.
15:28I tried to go back
15:29into the cave.
15:30He stuck his hand
15:31in the rock crack
15:32to block me.
15:33Cora, please.
15:34It's all my fault.
15:36I was wrong.
15:38Give me one more chance.
15:39It was Tira who seduced me.
15:42You know I only love you.
15:44Cheating is cheating,
15:46I said.
15:47And you have the nerve
15:48to blame someone else?
15:50My calm unsettled him.
15:52But you disgust me.
15:54I said,
15:55one word at a time.
15:57Jango froze.
15:58Then came the hot,
15:59humiliated explosion.
16:01He shifted to lion,
16:03roaring at me.
16:05Then his voice went soft again.
16:11I was just led astray
16:12for a moment.
16:13I shook my head.
16:15After all that,
16:17what you can't let go of,
16:19is it me?
16:20Or my family's water source?
16:23Jenga's face went white.
16:25Your pride has had it easy
16:27all these years
16:28because of our shared water agreement.
16:31If it weren't for my father
16:33taking pity on you,
16:35your dried up territory
16:37wouldn't survive
16:38a single dry season.
16:40Jago,
16:41what I give,
16:42I can take back.
16:44With interest.
16:46Every word landed like a claw.
16:49Jago's face drained completely.
16:52His lips trembled.
16:54Nothing came out.
16:56I didn't look at him again.
16:58I turned and walked into the savannah.
17:01Behind me,
17:02Jango's voice came out,
17:04shredded,
17:05like it was claw
17:06from the bottom of his throat.
17:08Cora!
17:09I didn't look back.
17:12A few days later,
17:14Lady Brown found me.
17:16Jago is going to jump off the cliff.
17:20Can you come?
17:22I looked into her eyes.
17:24Something in them
17:26made my heart soften.
17:30I sighed.
17:33I went.
17:35Jago stood at the cliff's edge.
17:37He was in lion form,
17:39mane blowing back in the wind
17:40like a broken flag.
17:41His front paws
17:42had already crept over the edge.
17:45Pebbles crumbled beneath him.
17:47Lady Brown was sobbing nearby,
17:49barely standing.
17:50Mr. Brown kept sighing,
17:52pounding his thigh with his fist.
17:54Tira was there too.
17:55She wasn't crying.
17:56She was just watching Jango coldly.
17:58The corner of her mouth curled in something,
18:00half smile,
18:01half something else.
18:03Jago saw me.
18:06His eyes went red instantly.
18:11Cora,
18:12if I jump,
18:13will you forgive me?
18:14I didn't answer.
18:16Cora,
18:17just tell him yes.
18:18I'm begging you.
18:22I'll get on my knees if I have to.
18:24I steadied her.
18:25Fine.
18:26I forgive you.
18:27At that point,
18:29hate didn't matter anymore.
18:34That's when Tira spoke up.
18:36You believe her?
18:38As long as you're alive,
18:40she will never forgive you.
18:41You've got nothing now.
18:44No water,
18:45no territory,
18:46no her.
18:49What's the point of living?
18:51Jango's eyes went bloodshot.
18:53He looked at Tira,
18:54looked at me,
18:56took another step toward the edge.
18:58More pebbles fell.
19:00Jango,
19:01do you want to know
19:01why I cut off the water?
19:04Jango turned his head.
19:06It's not just because of you and Tira.
19:09If that were all,
19:10I'd have broken up with you.
19:12But I wouldn't have cut off
19:13your whole pride's survival.
19:15It's because of Tira.
19:17She sold your pride's hunting routes
19:19to the rogue pride in the north.
19:23If we kept sharing water,
19:24my pride would get dragged into it too.
19:27Sooner or later,
19:28those rogues would follow the water
19:29straight to our territory.
19:31I was telling the truth.
19:33I found out after.
19:36Tira didn't just want to steal Jango.
19:38She wanted to destroy everyone.
19:40Jango's face went pale
19:41in a whole new way.
19:42Was it you?
19:43Tira's face finally changed.
19:46She opened her mouth,
19:47but it was too late.
19:48The guards,
19:49Jango's family guards,
19:50Mr. Brown had placed them there,
19:51had been waiting for this moment.
19:53The split second Jango got distracted.
19:56Two male lions from the side
19:58and pulled him back from the edge.
19:59They hit the ground rolling.
20:01Jango struggled for a second,
20:02then went limp.
20:03Mr. Brown walked over,
20:05crouched down,
20:05and patted Jenga's back.
20:07Once.
20:08Twice.
20:09Didn't say a word.
20:10Jenga lay on the ground,
20:12staring at the sky.
20:13Empty eyes.
20:13I turned to leave.
20:16Tira moved.
20:18She came from the side,
20:19fast.
20:20She'd shifted to Hyena,
20:21all four paws digging in.
20:23Korra!
20:24Die!
20:25I wasn't ready.
20:26Her weight slammed into me.
20:27I fell backward toward the cliff.
20:29At the last second,
20:30Jango launched.
20:31He hit Tira from the side,
20:32sent her tumbling.
20:35I felt the rock sliding under me.
20:38Then a guard grabbed my scuff
20:40and hauled me back.
20:42I was getting dragged by a lion's teeth,
20:45but I didn't care about the pain.
20:47I struggled to turn over.
20:51My wrist twisted when I braced myself.
20:54Tira was pinned on the ground,
20:56still struggling.
20:58She shifted back to human,
21:00hair wild,
21:01face paint smeared,
21:02still screaming.
21:03Let me go!
21:04I'll kill her!
21:05That bitch!
21:06I have nothing left!
21:09They dragged her away.
21:10Her voice got smaller and smaller,
21:12finally swallowed by the wind.
21:14I lay on the ground,
21:15staring at the sky.
21:17Lady Brown came over,
21:18crouched beside me,
21:20stroked my hair.
21:21Her hands were shaking.
21:24Cora, I'm so sorry.
21:27I shook my head.
21:28Not her fault.
21:31Later I found out,
21:33Tira had poisoned Jango's water.
21:35Not lethal,
21:36just herbs that clouded the mind,
21:38mixed into fermented monkey bread wine.
21:41Jango drank it for days.
21:43That's why he was so out of it.
21:45That's why he stood on that cliff
21:46for so long.
21:47Tira's plan,
21:48let Jango jump.
21:50Then she'd jump too,
21:51so they could be together forever.
21:52She said this herself,
21:54during questioning.
21:58She said it with a smile.
22:00I'd also sold my own pride's hunting roots
22:03to the rogue northern pride,
22:05in exchange for them helping me cut off Jega's water
22:08at the start of dry season.
22:10Push Jega's pride into panic.
22:18What she didn't expect was that those same roots
22:21would expose my family's water source.
22:24Her hyena pack abandoned her.
22:29Her little sister took her place.
22:32She was exiled.
22:34Alone.
22:35No pack.
22:36No allies.
22:37On the savannah,
22:39that's worse than death.
22:40His pride splintered.
22:42Some followed his brother north.
22:43The rest scattered across the savannah.
22:45But the water was gone.
22:46The territory was gone.
22:48The allies were gone.
22:50He stayed alone in that dried up territory.
22:52Wasted away to nothing.
22:54I never saw him again.
22:57I found a capable deputy
22:59to handle the pride's daily affairs.
23:01The son of my father's old lieutenant.
23:04Someone who'd watched me grow up.
23:07Trustworthy.
23:09I went to the Great Lake in the east.
23:13Three days of travel.
23:16Through an acacia forest.
23:19Across an open meadow.
23:21Over a dry riverbed.
23:24The dry season river was nothing but white sand
23:27and scattered stones under my paws.
23:34When I got to the lake,
23:36the water was blue,
23:39bright, glittering,
23:41like a gem.
23:43Trees along the shore.
23:45The smell of acacia blossoms.
23:49Fish in the water.
23:51Every evening,
23:52the sun set and turned the whole lake orange.
23:56And the wind came off the water.
23:59Damp.
24:00Sweet.
24:03And there were a lot of handsome lions.
24:05One evening,
24:06I was drinking at the water's edge.
24:09Lion form.
24:10Front legs in the shallows.
24:12Head down.
24:13Tongue curling cold water.
24:16Across the lake,
24:17there was another lion.
24:19His mane was black as night,
24:21with purple glints in the setting sun.
24:25He didn't come close.
24:26Didn't make a sound.
24:29He just looked at me once,
24:31then lowered his head and started drinking too.
24:35We drank on opposite sides of the whole lake.
24:39When he finished,
24:41he shifted to human form.
24:44Berkey was Jell Mosesden's file
24:47and sat on a rock across the water.
24:49A young man,
24:51skin deep brown from the sun,
24:54broad shoulders.
24:56Black hair,
24:57curly,
24:58falling over his shoulders.
25:00His eyes were amber,
25:02bright as two lamps in the sky.
25:03Sunset.
25:05He looked at me.
25:07I looked at him.
25:11I shifted to human form
25:13and smoothed my hair.
25:15We didn't speak,
25:17but neither of us left first.
25:19That night,
25:20when the moon came up,
25:22I heard a low lion's roar
25:24from the other side of the lake.
25:26I lay down at the water's edge.
25:30I didn't roar back,
25:32but I didn't leave either.
25:34together.
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