Morningside Cuesta summer flame

"No, no - kill the neck!" Sunspot laughed, though she didn't give the woman a chance to follow her directions. With a jaunty spring, the woman leapt over the doe's writhing body and landed neatly on her side. The angle made it awkward to try and kill the beast through strangulation, so Sunspot opted to try for exsanguination instead. Happy growls escaped her as she bit and shredded and tore at the doe's neck, painting her own body bright red in the process.

Eventually, the doe was still, and Sunspot leapt away with a loud whoop of triumph.

"That was a close one!" she said, prancing around the carcass to rid herself of the excess energy adreneline had provided her. "C'mon - let's go let everyone know where it is!"

With that, she trotted along the riverside, heading toward the steeper banks where a tree had grown crookedly across the water.