Emberwood ghost

for a long moment he only watched with the red-stained woman the scene that followed; body tensed in anticipation of carnage. 

blood spattered the icy ground in harsh droplets, and sun eater lunged from the trees. caribou males, still twined in awkward pair, fought fiercely to break the grasp of tines as lanzadoii descended.

a snap; flesh giving way;

punctured face for one gave freedom to another, and the saatsine man's tongue lolled as he rushed to harry the injured bull, reeling now in anguish, half-blinded.