Water Horsin' Around

Her eyes locked onto his, a command passing between them. Caedes understood her unspoken request, and though he did not take orders from those not of his blood, he relented.

Caedes stepped forward, his emerald eyes glittering with predatory intent. He approached the wounded beast with measured caution, his movements deliberate and calculated. In one swift motion, he lunged forward, sinking his teeth into the exposed throat of the hippo. A final cry echoed across the oasis from the hippo as Caedes delivered the killing blow, his powerful jaws crushing bone and sinew with lethal precision amongst metal and flesh.