Pride and Prejudice

With his muzzle cleaned of blood just in time, the boy grinned as Twig approached. He could see the excitement on her face as she came upon their kill. The black and white child beamed happily, his tail swishing back and forth with pleasure. The tiny woman gave him praise before coming up to nuzzle him. "It wasn't as hard as I thought. Corvus explained and made it easy." He was still wagging. He couldn't help it.

When Twig went over to give Corvus a nuzzle though, the boy's tail stopped. What was that? What had that been? He felt strange. A streak of possessiveness rose in him. All of the foreign emotion stopped the boy in his tracks. He found himself frowning hard, especially when he saw the look that Twig gave to Corvus and the little bit of nervous affection that the man gave back. Was Corvus trying to take Twig away from him? That was his first thought.

Twig moved away and Corvus settled in his place where he would eat. He would let Twig choose her place next and would take what was left over. He forced a smile at the small woman, though inside was whirlwind of strange emotion.

"Chatting." & 'Thinking'