Totoka River Let The Hunt Begin

Vale was ready, and he had picked out the sick doe even before his mother showed her. Grinning to himself, Vale slunk off to get ahead of the herd — it was his job to cut off their quarry's escape, after all. In position, she could see everything; his parents, close by, watching, waiting; his sisters, ready in their places, too. The herd shifted restlessly, and Vale wondered if they knew they were about to be hunted — if they knew one of their own was about to die. It was a very sobering thought, and Vale narrowed his eyes. Any second now...