Cassiopeia's View Silence

the animal plummeted, brought to its knees by unknown force. she knew at once another hunter had latched onto her quarry.

but her heart beat too quick. her breath came in quick pants. there was more black and white in her eyes than brown.

and her vision had gone red.

medalina let go, lips painted with the hunt's rouge. 

she dove for the head, for the spot of white beneath the doe's jaw, where the will to live pulsed hard.

and medalina aimed her teeth to quench it, to smother it with premolar and jaw.