Dawnlark Plains boyking

he did not notice her, the spread of jet which poured after him across the plains. ancelin was concentrating far too much on what augur did, how he moved. but he announced himself with a snapped twig, and the heavy antlered heads of the elk tilted as they all broke into a run. 
"fuck!" the redtail boy broke from cover and soared in pursuit, testing them with snaps to the air, falling back as a leg kicked his direction; he was finally knocked down by a hard shoulder and rolled to his paws just in time to see the last elk disappear over a riseline.
ancelin staggered in a frustrated daze.