Change The Inside Of Me

They ran along beside each other working together in their chase of the gazelle. She wasn't used to team work quite like this, at least the idea that Chimera wasn't being forced to be here with her today. Almost as if taming the creature, it wasn't necessarily difficult for Reila to find the control in the tie between her and the prey. But Chimera's help wasn't unwanted. He pounced onto the wild creature, holding it down still while it struggled and attempted to escape his grasp. It's small frame was no match for the giant dire.

Finding the rope between her and the gazelle loose as he held it down and she grew closer, she noticed the look he gave her to finish her own hunt. She didn't linger long. Finding her own paw on the gazelle's shoulder and close to Chimera, she leaned down to take it at the throat for a quick and easy kill. Her jaws grasped over the pulsing deer's throat, and didn't let go as the struggle slowed and it's life was ending. She grasped around it harder, the taste and smell of it's blood overwhelming her. Chimera may or may not have noticed the change in her, but at least the hold she kept on the gazelle's throat went on longer than it should have. Her eyes were gently closed, not in a strain. The thing was lifeless, and yet she was still holding it like it could come back from the dead and hurt her.

"Reila"