Sighing, Simba walked back towards the back of the den, the part that he shared with Nala. He layed down;a look of bewilderment across his features.
"Your majasty?" The hornbill asked, flying into the den, "I have just seen Nala," the bird continued, not waiting for Simba's reply.
"What is it?"
"Well, I saw her talking with another lioness."
"So?"
"Simba, she's bringing her here! A rogue lioness and our queen is bringing her here!"
The bird's voice grew frantic with each setance that came out of his beak. Finally, Simba held up a paw, "calm yourself, she is our queen, she wouldn't allow this rogue in our boarders if she had any wrong doing in
mind."
"But, your majasty, you do not understand! I've seen this lioness before, she was around during..."
The advicer stopped as Nala's shaddow blocked the cave's entrince, "Simba," Nala said, her voice low.
"You can go now," Simba indacated to the bird as Simba raised a paw as if to showe him off when he noticed a protest about to form.
"Come in Nala and bring her along to," Simba said, his paw still raised, indacating the smaller lioness behind her.
Nala walked in, followed by Kamaria; "Simba, I found this rogue, she's been traveling for many miles and really
needs a place to rest for a while, can she please rest here?"
Simba looked from Nala to the new lioness, than back to Nala, "it depends, let me speak with her...alone."
"But Simba, I think that as your queen that I should have a say in who rests or stays with us for a short time."
"Of course you do Nala;but, you've already spoken with her, now I must do so."
"But Simba, don't you trust me?"
"Don't you trust me?"
Simba countered, feeling uneasy that Nala was so adamant about him talking with the other lioness.
"Nala, leave now please," Simba said quietly.
"Simba, I do not understand why you are being like this; I mean, I've already checked out her reasons for....."
"Nala!"
Simba said firmly, "leave now please, I want to talk to her alone!"
"But Simba," she was cut off by a roar from her mate. But, Nala wasn't so easily moved.
"Go ahead Simba, talk to her since you don't trust your queen!" Nala roared back, stepping closer towards Simba.
"I'll be waiting at the back of pride rock for you miss," Simba said than walked towards the back path to pride rock where he sat and waited.
******
Back in the den, Nala leaned close to Kamaria's ear, "don't say a word about what you told me; or about what I know."
Nala pleaded, "do not ruen my relationship with Simba, I don't think he'd understand if he knew. You are a rogue I found, don't forget that. If you do, I'll find you and kill you."
Kamaria looked in her eldist sister's eyes, "I'm a rogue," she said and followed the path Simba took, the eyes of Nala never leaving her back, the words never leaving her mind.