Purposely avoiding the man-child, he moved instead to the
place where his mistress lay sleeping. He placed the kill in front of
her, gently nudging her with his snout.
Startled from an uneasy sleep the girl bolted stiffly upright, choking
back a scream. Seeing her friend she subsided, but too late to prevent
a confrontation. Alerted by the sound Kalus had woken, and was in no
mood for the treatment he was about to receive from the wolf.
'He's brought us a meal,' he said contentedly, rubbing the
sleep from his eyes. The girl still hadn't seen the carcass. He
pointed.
'Oh, take it away,' she said in disgust, repulsed by its sunken
eyes and contorted expression. 'Take it away.' Coming closer
Kalus started to reach for it, but was halted by the bared teeth and
fierce snarling of the wolf.
'It seems he wants you to have it.' He paused a moment, thinking.
'Your friend has a short memory,' he said coldly, pretending to
lose interest. 'When he was hungry I shared my meat with him.'
In the split second it took for Akar to look up at him, Kalus reached in
and snatched up the carcass. The wolf started to go after him, but
found the jagged point of Kalus' knife held threateningly between
himself and the kill. As he backed away the two squared off, Kalus on
one knee and the wolf standing.
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