Honeyed Pasture eldorado

She acknowledged his gesture then slips away through the grass. He doesn't imagine she can read his mind but hoped they share similar strategic thinking. Whatever was going on in her head, he would have to follow as her taking the first movements through the grass meant she would be the lead. He tried to follow her as she moved through the long grass and often times she was out of sight to himself and their prey.

Then the commotion started a small stampede began as the herd ran from a perceived threat that Calcifer assumed was his female hunting companion. At first, it appeared as though there were scattering, jumping, and running in any direction they could away from the red wolf. But after the first initial moments of frenzy, they started to come together and move as one.

There was one however who took the longest to regroup and lagged behind the herd. It was closest to the red wolf and was focused on the fleeing herd inform of it. This was Calcifer's target. He stayed low and let the front runners of the herd run past him, the few that came close saw him and quickly veered out of the way to avoid his presence, and luckily keep their heavy hooves with them. A potentially injuring encounter avoided. Luck was on his side.

Then he burst out from the grass and roared like a bear just as the straggler deer came near. It was startled and tried to turn around, stumbling over its long legs. It fell and tried to get up, but as it did it saw the red wolf approaching and knew it was pinned. It tried to run to the side but Calcifer jumped up onto its back and took hold of its shoulder blades, just shy of the back of its neck.