Coming back around again

With Mercury in tow tracking and hunting the okapi was a breeze. Well, perhaps a little more difficult than a breeze, but it was wonderful having someone to hunt with again and it went off without a hitch. The okapi she had spotted the day before was indeed still in the area, taking advantage of a particularly lush clearing in the middle of the cedar wood forest, and with a bit of strategizing and effort the two wolves made short work of the animal. She panted lightly as she stepped back from the okapi that she had helped keep pinned while Mercury finished the kill and she gave him a wide grin. "Looks like we make a good team," she commented playfully with a wink, chuckling as she went to reach for her dagger so she could begin to carve into the okapi. She knew it would be too large for them to drag back through the woods, at least while it was whole, so she set to work dressing the animal so they could eat and have it in a more manageable form.

She had barely gotten her dagger into the okapi's hide when a rustle in the near by bushes caught her attention, making her blue and green gaze shift up from her work to the trees as she watched for movement to go along with the noise. A moment later the first shift and rustle of leaves was followed by a louder thump and crack of twigs, whatever it was moving closer and closer until a huffing grunt in the shadows and the strong smell of a bear tipped her off on what was making such a racket. Withdrawing her dagger from their kill and getting back to her paws, Anthea glanced quickly to Mercury before fixing her attention on the spot in the trees where it sounded like the bear was coming from. No sooner than she had braced herself, a massive brown bear came lumbering out of the trees, the larger predator assessing them both and the okapi that sat between them. It clearly had heard the commotion of their hunt and came looking to get a piece of their dinner. She stood at the ready, glancing between Mercury and the bear to see if they were fighting or running.

"Speech"