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[PRIVATE] red tooth; white heart

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She had the scent, it filled her nose and triggered her brain into predatory machinations that took no conscious thought. It was instinct, and it took hold of the smell like it was the source that ruled it. It was a beautiful thing, earthy and trembling and alive, so very alive that even though her tawny eyes had not found it yet she could still see the little cotton tail in her mind’s eye. She could see the soft brown fur, hear it’s rapidly flickering heart, feel the pulse of it’s arteries under her teeth—not yet, not yet but soon. If she could be patient, she would have it so very soon.

The thought excited her, had all her senses humming as she stilled. The hunters was in the perfect position, long years and many hard seasons had honed her skills to a science, but even then she was not always infallible. Sometimes her prey was too many, sometimes there were none to be found, she could control neither but now, as ever, she de needed to overcome such obstacles. The rains had brought a late surge in new grasses and so the small mammals in her home ranges were fattening themselves on the autumn shoots. So here she was her situation: there was prey to be found (that’s one down) this rabbit had caught itself upwind of her, without a second set of eyes and focus intently in a party of clovers (two), the rest was up to her skill and her patience.

Behind her, the short tail twitched with anticipation and she crouched on oversized legs. Every muscle throbbed with the effort it took to control herself, she’d learned long ago that lunging too quick earned you an empty belly at best. There was the rabbit, she saw it now and it still had it’s back to her, meandering amongst the ground cover so she crept forward on silent pads. A fe steps. Stilled. A few more. The cat leaped, there was time for one screech before her teeth found their mark.
There are more things in heaven and earth—
than are dreamt of in your philosophy
The Bobcat

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red tooth; white heart - by NPC - 09-19-2016, 06:42 PM
RE: red tooth; white heart - by Asavvi - 09-19-2016, 11:15 PM

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