we look like lightning

The howl in the air unexpectedly rang over the sound of his claws scraping against rocks and hooves scampering to get away from him. His ear perked to stand at its attention as he listened to the open invitation of a hunt. His red eyes focused on the goat in front of him as he neared her, a six foot incline all that was left between them as he worked to come up onto her as fast as the crack of lightning that ripped through the gray sky above them.

She took a leap that made her tumble a bit, but she quickly regained her footing and now had a position of at least ten feet below him now on the slope of the mountain. He groaned, he hated goats for this reason. They had hooves and they weren't afraid of the rocky terrain cutting into the pads of their paws, well- he would have to be fearless of that, as well. Without being willing to give up on the goat, he followed her- his weight coming down the same path as hers as his toes worked to splay themselves and resist against the same curves that caused her to tumble. He wouldn't lose his balance, but he could feel the sharpest points of the rocks beneath his weight piercing the flesh of his protective pads and leaving a light trail of blood behind him.

He barely felt them, between the cold autumn air numbing them and the level of his adrenaline as he continued. He growled out at the goat and focused on the direction that the howl came from. Suddenly, the beast lifted his own skull and released a howl in return so they would know where he was positioned, on the north side of the mountain and coming in close incredibly fast. The goat would make itself visible to Kai first, but Elias was right on her heels.