Story: Priscilla and the Lion Code
Story by Gail Nobles © 2026
Cover image: Gail Nobles

There was a big lion music barcode on a poster on a wall in an underground studio. A young female producer sat in front of it with a large vinyl record beside her. The music from her groups had important messages and meanings. The Lion code stood for this music, filled with both happiness and sadness. No other artists had music like hers. It was difficult to steal from her artists because their music was coded. Their songs had a unique sound because of that code, which made it special. Sometimes, you could hear a lion's growl in the interludes between songs. But the Lion was more than just a sound on a record; it was like a roar in the horn and drum. When someone scanned the barcode on the records, the music could be traced back to its owner, Priscilla. However, this sound was quiet and not audible to others. Only Priscilla could hear it through a small device in her ear.

Priscilla was set on keeping her artists and her business safe from criminals like Rob Spencer. He was a strong and aggressive man. Priscilla decided that if he tried to take her business, she would do anything to stop him, even if it meant hurting him.

Priscilla paced her studio, her mind racing with unsettling scenarios. She couldn’t shake the image of Rob’s imposing figure looming over her, a constant reminder of the threat he posed to her artists and her livelihood. "If it comes down to it," she thought, her heart pounding, "I’ll fight back with everything I have. I may not be as strong as him, but I know how to use my surroundings to my advantage. A swing from a baseball bat. Anything to fend him off.” The idea of physical confrontation was daunting, but the thought of surrendering her passion ignited a fiery determination within her. She would not be a victim; not now, not ever.

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