The King has vanished. After his adopted daughter, Nimeesha, was stolen by the hyenas, the white lion vanished.
A mountain of skulls fell upon them, and though all escaped unharmed, including the young cub, Lisimba was gone, and not to be seen anywhere.
You promised you'd be there.
Some months have passed since his disappearance.
Zhenga, the Lion Queen, rules in his absense, looks to the stars, hoping to the Kings of the Past that they would return him to her, and the Pride Lands.
Whenever I needed you.
Young Nimeesha blames herself for his not being there.
Perhaps if she had not gone where she was not supposed to, the great King would be there.
With them. In the Pride Lands.
Whenever I called your Name.
But where is he now?
What will Prince Chimelu do, if his father cannot teach him what a King must know, what a Queen cannot teach?
What will the adopted cubs, Diata and Nimeesha do without their 'father?'
And what of Meria, the King's only daughter? What will Zhenga do?
What will the Pride Lands do?
You're not anywhere.
The Circle of Life will continue . . .
I know that the night must end.