Ankyra Sound Woop-E-Doo-Da

She remained in her place, crouching low as her tail curled cat-like at her pale hocks. The approaching tip-tap of the anxious male's claws against the stone came to an abrupt halt, and a long moment of silence followed.

When he spoke again, the tawny Ostrega gritted her teeth in the struggle to keep herself from laughing in her amusement. The fear that accompanied his words energised her, for her twisted sense of humour had been temporarily sated. Pricking a velvet lobe once more, she listened intently for the sound of her victim's breathing, then sprung forward to leap out from her hiding place and into the boy's line of sight.

"Boo!" Nyx called out, tail flagging above her hindquarters in triumph as she beamed mischievously toward him.