Otatso Wetlands night shadow

harried, their quarry struck out. with a shout sun eater released his hold, the caribou colliding with his own shoulder in a final desperate bid to sail beyond the two hunters.

he struck the ground, rolling hard against its rise.

but the creature was wounded now, blood evident on its coat even as it galloped from the saatsine wolves. single eye tracked before he stood, moving to ridgeback with the intention of regroup.

the challenge would make the meat sweeter, he felt, rousting the pained animal from wherever it attempted a discovery of peace. "hurt?" he grunted, muzzle reaching to test for the sense of blood or concussion in ridgeback.