The Confession

Love. It comes and goes. But, some relationships last forever or possibly, a lifetime. Today, our story begins a few years in the past from now, at a mystical haven called the Tree of Life. It all started on a beautiful morning.
Soon after a long and hard pregnancy, Queen Janna finally gave birth to her two strong, healthy sons. One would become king, the other, part of the Night Pride. Surak, the youngest cub, was outside, playfully roughhousing with his elder brother, Sahasi, under their mother's watchful eye. "You two could wrestle and play all day, couldn't you?" Janna playfully asked her boys. "Of course, Mom!" they both replied.
Janna rolled her eyes and snickered at her sons' antics. Then suddenly, a little ball of brown fur crawled through the nearby bushes. Janna got into a defensive stance and snarled. "Intruder! Reveal yourself!" she growled. But, when the creature emerged, it was revealed to just be another cub, this time a female.
"Hello, little one," Janna kindly greeted. Both Sahasi and Surak went to investigate the new girl in town. Surak took an immediate liking to her. "Hi. My name's Nirmala. What's your's?" she politely asked. "Surak," the other cub answered.
"Uh oh! It looks like my little brother's fallen in love, Mom," Sahasi told his mother. Janna gazed out into the distance to see Surak and Nirmala playing. "They do look evenly matched, Janna replied. Meanwhile, the two cubs were still playing. The roughhousing stopped when Nirmala stopped to give Surak a lick on his cheek.
Surak looked down at her and nuzzled Nirmala in return of his affection. Janna then walked over to the two cubs. "Surak, we will keep the new girl around. She is going to be my healing apprentice," she told her son. He was so excited at the thought of getting to be with Nirmala forever. Both cubs then hugged.
As the years went by, Janna was getting old and weak. But, her sons grew into strong and noble lions. Her new apprentice, Nirmala, was also growing. She was a courageous and beautiful young lioness now. Surak began loving her more than ever.
One day, Surak went up to the young lioness. He had something important he wanted to ask her. "Hi, Nirmala," he sweetly greeted her, "There's something I want to ask you." "What is it?" Nirmala asked. "Would you like to take a walk with me tonight? It could be our first date," Surak offered her.
Nirmala shyly nodded her head and smiled. "I'll take that as a yes. Great, meet me at the Tree of Life tonight at sunset.
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