Blacktail Deer Plateau PACKTIVITY — Then the quiet explosion

She bent an ear to Saēna, should her sister feel like sharing the details of her dream, yet the arrival of the returning hunters distracted her both effectively and immediately. Bounding forward, she watched as Peregrine and the others dragged a sizable carcass into the clearing. She dropped slowly onto her haunches when her father proceeded to tear some choice pieces off the fresh kill and present them to Hawkeye, Saēna and herself.

"Thanks, daddy," the puppy replied, rising onto all fours, butt wiggling. After shooting him a grateful look and glancing at her mother and sister, Osprey began to eat, quickly stuffing herself on the richest spoils of the kill. She finished in less than five minutes and waddled to flop down in a sunny patch between her fellow guests of honor. A bloody, sated smile curved her lips.