sorry for the wait. SSWM: 370
Layla was more than sure that she was doing the right thing by leading the prey towards her mate and Gideon. That was what Saluce asked them to do and that was what she intended to do. She continued to race with Saul as she helped lead the prey over towards the other two. To her surprise, she saw that they were not actually going for the one they were leading towards the black male and the behemoth. They seemed to be going after another one. Her eyes moved over in their direction as she kept running with Saul. Why were they doing this? They had picked out a good one and it just was not right for them. The mistress could not figure out why her mate, the leader of this hunt, would even do such a thing. Her ears folded down as she stopped chasing the other deer and looked over to the one that the other two males had picked out. It seemed they were both doing fine and Saul was eager to get into the action too. The black and white she wolf had no idea what to do. She just stood there and watched the males taking down the kill. She lowered her head and closed her eyes. It was like they did not even need her there to help with the hunt. She felt more useless than Gideon was. Her head moved back up as she looked over to them. She began to turn around and leave. It was quite clear that they had everything under control.
Layla then paused and turned back around, looking over to the males. She knew she couldn’t just abandon the hunt. She raced over to the deer they were taking down and went to the side that had less wolves on. She would latch her jaws onto the prey’s stomach and dig her claws into the earth so that she could help hold it down while one of the others dealt the final blow. She could taste the warm blood in her mouth as she kept her teeth sinking into the prey’s chest. Some of the blood dripped from her mouth and onto the ground under her feet.
