Verdigris Ravine when i cut a belly open to find what climb out

Prior to this, the boy had ventured close to Muat-Riya (not knowing it at the time) and thought the coyotes lived there; and yet here in this desert there were many coyote scents, and he had even been fortunate enough to encounter this small one! It was good luck that presented Drusk with this nesting doll of calories. He wondered how many he'd be able to snatch from her belly when he caught her.

The creature yapped and yapped, and even if he had understood the shouts of protest from the thing, he would not have stopped. She was quick; that belly swung every time she veered in a new direction and Drusk had a hard time compensating against the sand, which seemed to absorb all of his momentum each time. Even while pregnant this creature proved to be light enough, nimble enough, to keep out of Drusk's hungry teeth.

The resistance only fueled him, pivoting this game in to something far more deadly.