Chapter Prologue 2

Annabeth almost died when every eye in the room landed on her. She caught sight of the crimson tint coating Cornelia’s overly made-up face and wondered if her own blush surpassed the skinny Lioness’ blazing rage. Lord knew the woman was a couple of cards short of a full deck.

So, Cornelia got embarrassed by the big boss. Oh well, it happened. And frankly, it served that haughty feline right, walking around like she was better than everyone else! Cornelia did not work any harder than the Golden girls did, but she snatched every opportunity to kiss their boss’ furry butt.

She’d been that way since they were all cubs in the Pride’s summer youth camp. Seriously. Always brown nosing the camp counselors. Cornelia was forever in everyone else's business.