Redtail Rise my name is nobody

The two waited patiently, their breathing steady and even, their bodies taut with anticipation. Saena's eyes went now to their target. She counted the steps it took as it grazed, the number of her own heart beats that went by, and the times it flicked its long ears in her direction, but it never noticed her. It never noticed Arion, either, though the rest of the herd was beginning to grow restless. The scent of wolf was thicker on the air than normal to them. They would be discovered soon, thought Saena.

Not soon enough, though. As the target doe took one step closer to the clearing, the Alpha female mentally said, now, just as Arion broke his cover. The doe had finally wandered just a little too far from the safety of her herd, and now she belonged to the hunters. Saena streaked out of the undergrowth, ignoring how gnarled twigs pulled at her fur, and fell in with Arion on the doe's opposite side, snapping at its legs to herd it away from its group. The rest of the herd had scattered, leaving Arion and Saena uncontested as they tore after their prey.

She galloped as hard as she could, panting haggardly between bounds, until she was near the deer's flank. Then she swung in, slicing with her teeth whatever flesh she encountered, and broke away again. In this manner they could wear down their target and eventually bring it to its knees. This waiting game was her preferred hunting style, though Arion was more than welcome to change their strategy. She would catch on and adapt in an instant.

They did manage to bring down the deer and they feasted heartily before agreeing to bring some of the remains to the pack caches.