Big Salmon Lake [M] teeth of terror sinking in

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Hunger twisted his gut, a deafening and antagonistic sound for his ears alone. Yet his hunger drove him ever onward. The delectable scent of blood was his only incentive. Fortuitously, he had caught a doe unawares and snagged her with his fangs. Far from a killing blow, else he would not be hounding after her.
INDENTAh, the mundane struggles of a loner.
INDENTHe tires of it.
INDENTPerhaps today he'll get lucky and not face the night with an empty belly. No, not again...Tatsuya did not have the pleasure of living with “perhaps,” only certainties. It has been like this for near four months now, a feat all its own. Luck has certainly played a hand in his fate, which he finds unnerving. Luck was not always going to keep him fed, healthy and alive. That's for damn sure.
INDENTFollowing the doe's trail was an easy endeavor, but keeping up with her was a different matter. As least she left behind crimson footnotes just for him. How sweet. Tatsuya had managed to sink his fangs deep into her left flank. So deep was her wound that it still bleed hours into the evening. Keeping this in mind, he crested an obscuring hill to find his prey sluggishly trying to run around a sizable lake. Smart, not going through it. It looked deep even for a cervid. Still, to have that option – swimming to the center of the lake in lieu of dying in his jowls...
INDENTSeeing this alternative drove him to the brink, sprinting down the hill to cut off that choice. Hearing his thundering pads frightened her to quicken the pace, yet he was nearly upon her. So close, so close I can taste it...!
INDENTHer right hoof sunk into the earth, entombed in mud and muck from the lake. Tatsuya was upon her in seconds, jaws closed around that neck. It struggled fruitlessly against him, but he prevailed. Victory. O, it was gloriously fleeting. His body screamed in exhaustion as he dragged the carcass away from the miry area, collapsing on top of the cervid immediately after. Just...need a breather...He could feel his heart pounding in every limb. Felt like a caged beast in his chest trying to break out, but at least he would not go hungry again tonight.