Pounding the gears

Like a bolt of lightning Tyranis shot from his cover and landed at the deer’s side, his jaws snapping threateningly as the doe tore away in fear. The rest of the herd scattered but Tyranis gave them no mind. He herded the doe like a shepherd, darting from side to side as she attempted to make her escape, all the while heading closer and closer to the waiting male. Tyranis noticed that the doe’s movements seemed delayed and for a brief moment he wondered if something other than an injured leg weakened the deer. “The fruit.” His thoughts supplied and he supposed that stood as proof that the male hadn’t been lying to him.