Miccah turned his attention away from Inali as he heard paw steps heading towards the little group. His attentive gaze fell on his mate and a smile briefly flickered across his maw as she silently joined them. Her gaze was sheepish as she gazed up at him, and the man wondered why she had been late answering to their pack mate’s call. The guardian got his answer as he looked down at her paws, seeing a bundle of herbs at her feet. Inali’s voice turned his attention away from his mate and he silently took in the information she offered. He hoped this went as smoothly as she wished. Inali’s group went their own way and Bane was the first to break off. Glancing at his Leader, he too followed the young guardian in training. They stopped and Miccah could see that the boy had chosen a spot where the injured cow was already heading. He was glad to know that this seemed to not be his first hunt.

The guardian’s blue gaze watched as the cow, terrified, tried to swerve from her predators. But she was weak, and this game would soon end. Inali and Unitas seemed to have successfully cornered her on their part, but now it was up to his mate to keep the cow between them all and on course so the men could swiftly bring the cow’s fear to an end. It seemed this hunt would be successful, and the stoic man felt an unusual thrill of excitement course through his veins.

The cow suddenly swerved; its intent clear on escaping but there was no need for Inali to worry because from the sounds of the other side of the beast, Aideen had joined into the fray. Quickly, the medic had the beast right back on course and the chasers were quick in their work in leading the cow to the males waiting amongst the bushes. Inali jumped and snapped at the injured cow, careful to avoid its flailing legs. The last thing she needed was a blow to the head when they were so close. The cow continued to try and escape, her fear seeming to seep from her but there was a certain look in her panicked gaze that, to Inali, she knew this was the end.

The three wolves ran, pushing in closer towards the cow, effectively trapping her. There was no escape now. Inali made quick contact with the men waiting on the sidelines and then her gaze latched immediately back onto the cow. Slowly beginning to back away, she hoped Unitas and Aideen would join in. "Aim for her leg!,” she yelled over the commotion, hoping one of the men would hear her. If they aimed first for her injured leg, then the cow would immediately crumple.  But the men had to move in, and they had to move in now. Soon, if all went according to plan, they would not return home empty-handed.

His blue gaze watched the wolves as they worked together to circle the beast until there was no possibility of escape. The fearful cow was being led right to them and the man's form tensed as he waited for Inali's signal. Closer and closer they came until Miccah knew that the runners part of the plan was over. His ears pricked attentively as he heard Inali's call over the commotion and the man gave a swift glance to the men beside him before, muscles tense, he leaped into the fray. The guardian's maw parted as he bit deeply into the injured leg, tearing through the tendon to effectively cripple the creature. There was no way she could run now with that type of injury.

Its cries of pain echoed around him as it flailed its other workable limbs, in a fibal attempt to harm the wolves that surrounded it. Miccah tried to swerve from one sharp hoof, but speed had never been the man's forte, so he recieved a sharp hit to the shoulder as he failed to evade the cow's hoofs in time. Ignoring the fire that now spread through him, the man leaped onto the now falling cow as it  slowly succumbed to its fate. His aim was to pin the weakening female down with his strength as Bane or Mirren delivered the killing blow. He just hoped they also didn't get hurt in the proccess.

Unitas felt his breaths arrive in gasps as he bounded along after the deer and his superiors. The black youth wasn't used to running a long distance for his meals, and maybe he just might be able to admit that he was out of shape after this hunt. Despite being the second best at creeping along hidden in the shadows (beaten only by Nina) Unitas had only ever chased and killed smaller prey items. A deer had far more stamina than a rabbit or pheasant, and Tas was quickly finding this out.

Despite his inexperience messing up the young Hervok's confidence he pushes onward just keeping up with the deer and his pack mates. Those heavy breaths split open the black wolf's maw as he ran along and snapped at the deer to keep it from swerving into him. Then Everything seemed to slow down all at once. Miccah was there, as well as the rest of the pack, and the deer was suddenly easing up on the pace. Unitas missed a bit of what happened next, only concentrating on keeping his position and making sure the deer didn't get out of their net of wolves. However he did see Miccah jump in, the one male Unitas actually looked up to in Secret Woodlands, then suddenly the deer was falling. It's legs thrashed around as the deer tried to simultaneously kick at the wolves and keep itself upright. Unitas kept to the outside of the circle of wolves to catch his breath and keep an eye out in case the deer did get up and try to bolt.

However it seemed that the win would go to the wolves today. Or at least that's what the dark wolf thought as he peered inside the circle of wolves keen on seeing who finished the poor pathetic creature off.

"Speech"

It was all like a sort of organized chaos, as Inali stepped back with Aideen and Unitas to let the men handle the final take down. Miccah jumped in first, going first for the cow's injured leg while the cow continued to fight in a final attempt to survive. But Miccah was quick to seal her fate it seemed and the man wasted no time in using his strength to pin down the cow.

The end came swiftly for the beast after that, and the petite she wolf breathed a sigh of relief as the hunt she had led finally came to a close. Her tail wagging lightly in delight for the pack's success, the woman waited a little out of the circle of wolves and watched as Mirren took his rightful first share. Patiently waiting her turn, the woman moved to Bane's side. Brushing against the quiet man's form affectionately, the scarred woman moved to take her own share when her time came. Choosing to stay at Bane's side as the rest of the pack feasted, the woman allowed herself to relax. She had been nervous earlier, for she had never led a hunt and Inali's expertise did not lay in hunting, but she was glad everything had gone as smoothly as she had wished. They would return to pack lands with a hard-earned reward.

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