Noctisardor Bypass carrion flowers

Someone had left a deer haunch at the rendezvous site for the pups to feed. After her siblings took their fill, Haunt snatched the exposed bone and dragged it to the far edge of their small sanctuary. She set the remains aside and slithered partway beneath a shrub. The rain had stopped but the leaves were wet, dripping chilled water onto her pale back. Haunt paid it no mind, her attention on her task as she sank her toes into the earth and began to dig.

After the better part of an hour, she had excavated a large enough hole in which to place the bone and gristle. Haunt backed out from beneath the bush, latched onto her treasure and yanked it toward the hidden cache. When it was positioned satisfactorily, Haunt used her filthy paws to kick the soil over it until the bone was buried. She withdrew again, squatted and urinated to mark the spot and ward off thieves.

Righting herself, Haunt gave her filthy legs and underside a cursory examination. She wasn't afraid of hard work or getting dirty, though she instinctively arched her head and began to lick at a smear of mud on her formerly white chest.