Fox's Glade lush life

Feeling's mutual. :) <3

If Reggie had been smarter or more experienced, she would have vacated the glade following the handful of unexpected encounters here. The water drew surrounding wildlife. More often than not, it was a deer or muskrat or other relatively harmless creature. But then there had been the wolf, the raccoon, the fox... and now a mountain lion.

The breath froze in her throat as she watched the large cat sling himself into the brook. She shrank to the ground and slithered backward, withdrawing her paw from the water and trying to scurry soundlessly behind a scratchy shrub. She managed it, though in her haste, Reggie reopened her healing wound. The stench of blood filled her nose even as horror filled her heart.

This time, she knew her luck had run out. Regipre could practically hear the stopwatch counting down until the moment the puma caught her scent, then came over to kill her with one swipe of its enormous, deadly paw.