Living Dead

Absinth dropped her prey into a puddle of its own blood, the wet sound making a thwack sound and splattering her chest in cat blood. She stared down at the scene, where the roles could have been reversed- all because she had forgotten to be self aware. It was a touch humiliating, in a sense. But she wasn’t going to hold it against herself for too long- after all, cats were masters of ambushing and no other creature did it better. Anyways. She was the survivor in the end, thanks to her helpful friend. She had begun to feel her adrenaline ebb away, making room for the pain of her injuries to begin radiating in.

‘How bad is it?’ One ear flicked as his voice rang out, something like concern within his pitch that pulled at her attention greatly. She slowly turned around, emeralds alight even still with exhilaration from the bloodshed. Absinth’s chin dripped thick crimson as she drew closer to him, beginning to take inventory of her injuries. “Back of my neck hurts the worst. Bastard had his hooks in my shoulders and my back. And he snagged me a few times on the chest.” She winced as she tested her mobility with a few turns of her head, simultaneously looking over the wounds she was physically capable of seeing. Her neck would heal fine, but damn did it hurt. So would the lacerations on her shoulders, and chest. But she couldn’t see how her back fared. Absinth sighed in annoyance, eyes flicking to him to rove over his body in search of wounds. “Anything on you?” Her tone sharp, still irritated about the whole thing. Especially if he’d gotten hurt… Though where he had kept his distance, Absinth did not. She moved to circle him closely and give him a good once over for a few moments. Then she attempted to meet his gaze, facing him head on now. “Thank you… for pulling it off me. You saved my skin.” It was a genuine thanks. Something she didn’t do often at all. Of course, it was followed up with a coy smile curling the corners of her lips upwards. She quite liked the way he’d come so quickly to save her.

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