Redtail Rise III

it was intrigue as much as instinct which kept augur close.

he wanted red woman to look favorably on him when her heat came. he wanted to be a suitor. but he understood this was the role of tall man.

still if it seemed as though their alpha female might choose another, he wanted to be this.

red woman caught a hare and then missed her second bite. augur leapt for the wounded animal. his taller legs bounded easily across the drifts. 

he brought it back to her still kicking, dropping it at her paws and corralling it with his own.