Horizon Ridge waterflare

Ayashe had found this coastal place pleasant enough but not somewhere she would want to stay permanaently. It wasn't as if she could either, those pitiful mutts would soon rally and chase her off wherever she stayed. Nomadic life was the one she, and almost every other cougar, were given to live.

The afternoon found her strolling through the sand dunes amongst the few trees that had taken root there. The sun was warm upon her fur and the fox she had eaten earlier was sitting well in her belly making her feel content. Upon glancing over the trees she spotted the bloody carcass of a fawn. She knew no wolf had put it there which left little options to what predator might have.

Ayashe raised her head, sniffing for any scent. When the briny wind shifted it revealed a cougar nearby. She put on the defensive, for not all cougars were friendly even to their own kind, yellow eyes scanning the beach with ears tipped forward.

It was after she crept forward that she saw him. He was larger than she and a more silver color than the tawny brown pelt of others. He was busily licking his paws and didn't seem to notice her yet. 

Hesitantly, she moved forward as she chirped out a soft hello. She kept a good few feet away, ready to run if need be it. She would fight him if he attacked but it was obvious who would win. He had much more muscle mass than she, one could only hope he would be friendly.