With silent and cautious steps the tree prince had moved himself into position. From where he stood he was just able to make out bits and pieces of the deer through small gaps the under brush. There were three, perhaps four, of them. Deep blue eyes scanned pasted the deer as they sought out their match and found them from across the clearing. Anu’s gaze was held else where as she too scanned the small herd of deer. Cypress followed her gaze to the injured doe and noticed as she grazed that she seemed to favor a hind leg slightly with her steps.
Cypress felt out the earth beneath his paws as his stance spread a little. The young wolf crouched low, muscles coiled and ready to spring forth like a lethal trap. He tensed as Anu began to push forward and the deer startled. Anticipation grew and swelled within his chest as he focused on the injured doe as they all started moving towards him. But at the very last second there was something else that caught his eye. A trace a movement that came from behind the tawny of his mother’s figure. His heart stammered to a halt in his chest and his mind shut down as instinct grabbed hold of him; recognizing the threat in an instant.
A threatening growl tore loose from his throat as the young brown wolf charged into the clearing well before any of the whitetails had come within range. His action causing the deer panic and scatter. There was a wild look in those blue eyes of his as he headed for his mother;their depths filled with fear. It was all happening in an instant but for Cypress it felt as if time had stood still the moment he saw those golden eyes and the liquid-like movement that followed them as they stalked the Praetor of the dreamers. His mind screaming for his legs to move faster so that he might make it in time.
The hunters had become the hunted.
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