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Creature in the Forest (Part 6)

They have scared all the other animals away while they look for that man wedged in the rocks.

I’m drinking from the belly of a doe I just tore up

I can smell his blood still, it’s left a trail I’m sure the cougar and maybe a wandering bear will pick it up soon.

His head snapped up, eyes met mine, and he screamed. The horrible sound. I had to snuff it out.

When I grow strong, I linger in the morning light and bathe freely in the deep waters of the lake.