Cedar Sweep while it still beats

from the shroud of vines that encased her the red priestess stalked her prey, her eyes and stomach wistful with want and hunger. the stag froze for a moment and alarmed siezed him -- like a white and violent flare his tail was sent upright. arunik'ra sneered to herself, amused by the deer's startlement.

boldly the red wolf rose from the quivering ferns, detritus and briars flaking from her scarlet fur. "d'ye speak, kau tilika?" she had never attempted to converse with a deer before -- perhaps her hunger drove her to such madness.