The Prince Of Werelions

When 18 year old Elias Massamorettei and his cousin Avery Reaper are invited to spend the summer helping out at their uncle's  lion sanctuary in Africa he couldn't have been more excited. As Elias begins having disturbingly realistic dreams he soon finds out he is the reincarnation of an african prince named Eloijah Massamorettei. As time goes on he learns that he may be the key to brining back a lost African Kingdom called Bozardia.
As Elias starts to uncover the truth he learns Bozardia was known as the kingdom of the  werelions and he was their prince. does that mean he too was a werelion?