Black and White and Red All Over

The sound of ferocious snarling and snapping jaws nearby was quickly followed by frightened squeals and brays, and the the thundering of hooves. Alastor rolled his shoulders, his muscles tense and nerves primed to strike. He could hear the stampeding animals moving, no doubt fleeing the terrifying jaws of his wife, and as the mass of the sound got softer, a few pounding hooves got louder. Alastor's sharklike eyes stared just over the tops of the grass, waiting until he saw the form of a striped horse come right towards him. Once it was within range, Alastor shot like a missile up at the herbivore, fangs bared and a lethal snarl erupting from the massive brute.

The zebra didn't see the wolf until it was already lunging at him, whinnying in alarm, but the sound was cut short when Alastor wrapped his paws around the animal's neck and used his weight and gravity to pull the zebra down to the ground with a hard thud. Alastor wasted no time in getting his feet and climbing up the flailing animal, narrowly avoiding a wildly swinging hoof as he used his weight to keep the animal down like Manea told him to. With his jaws already so close, it only took one more lunge for Alastor to sink his deadly fangs through tender muscle and sinew in the equine's neck, feeling blood vessels and arteries pop as he crushed the animal's windpipe. The whinnying stopped abruptly, harsh choking noises coming from the zebra as the wolf held true, not releasing his hold despite the prey animal's struggles. The fighting slowed, the zebra bleeding out into Alastor's jaws as the thick red liquid poured from around his mouth like a waterfall, and only a minute later the zebra fell still.

Alastor gave the corpse one good shake for good measure, then let the body drop. He panted lightly, the metallic taste of blood on his tongue activating those primal receptors in his brain again while he stared down at their kill. He glanced up to Manea, blood staining his teeth and muzzle, and gave her a wide grin as obsidian eyes sparked with a wild electricity. It felt so damn good to be hunting with her again! "See?" he said, running a paw over his head. "Didn't get kicked! Easy!"


"Alastor"