As silent as it seems
Midnight was on the move her feet eating up the ground as she sped after the hare, it dodged and weaved then took off into a stand of stinging nettles, midnight put on the brakes her hind legs digging into the dam soil and leaving a short trail of destruction she pulled up centimetres from the dangerous plant heaving a sigh she backed away from the plant. Once before she had run into stinging nettles after prey she still remembered the burning stinging pain that had covered her body all day she didn't understand how the rabbits could stand it even to escape death, anyway,it was not an experience she wished to repeat. But what to do now she doubted she would find another hare now her pursuit of this one had been far from quiet, the water fall roared as she thought, she had come out hunting in the hope of getting some small prey, they where by no means staving in the little cove gargoyle had chosen but the deer where far more wary now and harder to catch plus with new puppy mouths to feed every little bit was welcome. Shrugging she turned it was probably time to retrieve the cache and head home the day was beginning to wear on and though she could easily travel by dark it would be a cold trip, far better to pull the rabbits she had already caught and head home whilst the light still shone.
A new scent reached her as she approached the lake another wolf female like her and a loner she paused she could avoid the contact move around the dame picking back up on the stream further down and following it to the sea and her pack, but that would mean forfeiting the three carcasses currently submerged not five feet from the lady. Taking a deep breath she pulled herself together lifting her chin and putting her ears forward she stepped from cover out into the clearing around the lake. The dame was taller then she her red coat was striking and her tail matched midnights coat, she calculated her chances of ducking in and grabbing her kill but as she considered the lasses eyes came up red meeting gold, and midnight swore internally, ? hello,? she called dipping her head in a respectful manner, she kept a reasonable distance between them not wanting to crowd the lass who midnight suspected would hand her her tail if there was to be a fight. |