Noctisardor Bypass does my memory linger and flood the room for you?

No one snatched her back to the den, though Grub didn't think about that or how she might've incidentally lured her parents into a false sense of security with all her prior fence-sitting. All her concentration poured into the hunt as she stalked her prey. He moved much more quickly, so it took every ounce of her energy just to keep up enough not to lose sight of him.

Then he stepped and dropped to the ground. Grub paused too, crouching even lower now, eyeing him through the blades of grass. For long moments, she didn't move, instead resorting to her usual habit of observing. But this time there was a purpose. She didn't realize it consciously, though Grub was waiting for just the right moment...

It came and she struck, lifting onto her toes and launching at her quarry's tail with nary a sound.