" She backed away, one slow sliding step at a time.
“I won’t hurt you.”
“Says the man who turns into a freaking lion.”
“Hey, don’t act like you’re so surprised. I told you I did.”
“But I didn’t think you meant it,” she said with a fling of her hands.
“Well, now you know. So what?”
“What do you mean, ‘so what’? You turn into a lion. You know, big carnivore with giant teeth.”
Arik’s lips twisted in a wry grin. “Stop complimenting him. He’ll get an even fatter head.”
That caused her to stumble in her retreat. “You mean that lion you turn into… it’s like a separate entity? It hears me?”
“He”— his emphasis not hers—“ hears and understands just fine. And he’s being a furry pain in my ass right now.”
“Why?”
“Because he doesn’t like that you’re scared. "

― Eve Langlais , When an Alpha Purrs (A Lion's Pride, #1)