We killed it, we eat it

The two wolves had taken down the boar.  The corpse was still steamy hot.  As always there was satisfaction in eating a thing he had helped kill, much more than food brought back by others in the pack.  The smell of the boar's blood wasn’t going unnoticed though.

Even as they ate another hungry predator was heading towards them.  The tiger had initially been coming this way for the water but it wasn’t against taking an easy meal away from two wolves.  Large paws spread their weight easily amongst the rocks, muscles shifting over rocks as it climbed towards Fern and Kotori.  A warning rawr coming out to see if they could easily be chased away instead of risking the fight.

Kotori looked up then moved to stand between the kill and the tiger, making sure it knew well this would be a fight.  Lowering his head so it was even with his neck and showed off his own fangs.  The tiger charged and Kotori ran forward to meet him.  The first attack left both without satisfaction.  Kotori had lunged in to bite, the tiger’s paw swiped out with its unsheathed claws.  Kotori backed up but again stayed between the cat and their hard-earned meal.

Kotori Fatalis