Phantom Hollow A Swing

Best thread name ever. den/den @Issun

The queen awoke in her lonely, cold den, her eye still hurting. She had kept it clean with water and rubbed some leaves that didn't seem poisonous on it once or twice a day. She even avoided sleeping on her right side, scared that the dirt would hurt her. But today, she felt different. A tingly feeling in her stomach and a small headache. Had she eaten something wrong? Perhaps the corpse she had eaten with the stranger was getting to her. Little did she know that she had a whole other problem...

Malice crawled out of her den, stretching out in front of it. While stretching, she felt hot inside. It was a weird feeling, something she had only experienced on the first encounter with Cogitemus. She shrugged, not bothered by it. Perhaps it was only a little cold or something. She started trotting toward the stream, eager to clean out her eye and drink something. Her paw pads made soft poof noises as she happily trotted through the dark, misty woods. She watched the tree tops and saw a blue sky covered by the branches. The breeze was soft and soothing, almost perfect for Malice to cool off a little.

She reached the stream and bowed her head down, her muzzle pointed to the left. She dipped the right side of her head in the cold water that cleansed her wound. The wound from a traitor... A handsome one, but he was still a traitor. After her wound was clean from old blood and dirt, she dipped her muzzle in the cool liquid, feeling the freezing water running down her throat. Her ears were perked, ready to hear anyone approaching.