grownups need not apply

At his words a little voice piped up, all young aggression and possessiveness. Sirius grinned, knowing full well the small creature couldn’t see the expression. He heard the scrambling of her movements and he shook his coat a little until Marshal took a step back, releasing the string of rabbits. They fell to the ground with a heavy thud, and Sirius turned to look at Bast. “Want to help me tie this tail to our string?” he asked the Leopard, his grin echoed in the amusement of his eyes.

He had a feeling the only way to get this pup out of her hole would be something rather enticing. Like a whole buffet of food before him as he took the one little morsel she had for herself. He wrinkled his nose a little at the smell of old rabbit, and the rather depressing tail. There wasn’t any meat to get from it, was she really so desperate? Taking things not even a scavenger would bother with?

He picked up the tail slowly, letting it hang in full view (but not reach) of her crevice for a moment. Would she take the bait?