Stone Circle primal instinct

Micco's body buckled almost instantaneously when his rival closed that gap; he felt the white hot pain of claws scoring his flesh, then saw the bright eyes of his assailant. There was a moment of painful clarity then: Micco knew, somehow, that these were his final moments. Shardul sank his teeth in to the poor puma's collar, and after a pinch, there was nothing left of the boy to drown in his own blood. From there on, Shardul was in posession of an empty vessel, life melting away.