Right from the frying pan

Lucette’s heart was pounding. They were supposed to be hunting. Or Bae-Syl was anyway. He hadn’t wanted her getting hurt and rather than protest, as she normally would have, Lucette decided to let Bae have this one and lay low. It was pretty boring though, laying in the grass by herself and hiding while he did all the fun stuff. Or what she thought was going to be fun stuff until she heard his yelp.

No doubt he had tried to leap for the doe and missed. Well, at least now she didn’t have to worry about laying low anymore, right? She smiled, shaking her head. ‘Oh Bae… you really need to be careful. How are you supposed to feed us when the ‘mighty hunter’ misses his leap?’ She wasn’t mad or anything, but was she going to let him live it down? No. Just like she teased him about their ‘spar’ at first. He pretty much let her win but Lucy was still proud that she, a teeny-tiny little thing, had managed to ‘win’ her first fight.

She had risen and was starting toward the direction she heard the yelp come from when a second yelp rose into the air.

Okay, that wasn’t good.

Her ears fell back against her skull and Lucette broke into a run. Was he in trouble? Why was he yelping like that? Was someone hurting him?

Another yelp, a different, yet familiar sounding one cut the air and Lucy could feel her heart pounding as she ran past the trees and foliage.

…and then she saw them.

Her mother and Bae-Syl, both angry, both ready to square off against each other. She didn’t think; just screamed.

”Mom, Bae, stop!”

…and then it hit her how they both looked.

While Lucette had seen her mother angry before she had never seen her look like this. Darkness and thunder mixed on the older woman’s face with murderous intent as she looked at Lucette’s best friend and Bae… Bae never got angry. He’d never, in all the time he’d been with her, ever looked so serious and ready to do harm in his life. Lucette’s ears fell and she tucked her tail with a loud whine.

What was going on...?

Why were they fighting? Why did the two of them look so scary?