The Beast - When Copper Sun Falls

So there is a book right now that I'm a huge fan of it's called "When Copper Sun Falls" you can look at the summery here:
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It's a great new story and it's really cheap to buy right now I recommend buy it because the story is just so good I couldn't put it down!

Anyways this is my first time drawing a lion! You wouldn't know how many times I had to draw the face to make it look like that. I had so many references and once I figured I had it done right I drew this pictures and it came out great.

The beast is a monster of legend in the book but the main girl finds out he truly is real. He killed the men that was after the main girl so that's why there is a dead body under him lol!