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Beneath it allwas scent of rogue Drew it in over tongue, over roof of er Madness Many scents in layers, different parts of rogue
Co, coe of her wrinkling weak, useless hu Smell of decay, rot RotAhhh I re years since smelled a liver-eater Felt her puzzleair over fluid-filled sacs in roof of
Set liver-eater scent signature in ht Conature, many individual scent molecules, pheromones and ele like it
Many, yes Many scents for le bound, leaped to top of boulders S like my territory--no tall hills, deep crevasses Easy hunt here in land of flatness No challenge Tail-twitching disdain for flatness, no tall trees and wild strea Four feet in line on brick Crouched, et There Scented vampire Easy hunt Only feet away
No, her voice ca This one feue, her human memory whispered
Dropped to ground, tail twitching Eager Liked hunt Liked challenge Liked danger Moved through shadows of neighbor’s yard to street No dog scent Good place to co Learning Scenting
Saw hi house, preying on new den Theaway position Breathing sh to defend her? Possible mate? If he could catch her If he could best her Not likely She was strong Beast nored her Pondered, breath a soft, thru past tih shadows, into night Hus barked Hairy things, s of human perfume, dead food, rotten teeth Scented me, scented Beast All fell silent Crouched, tails down Scuttled away I hunted, padding through darkness, feral and sleek Night fully fallen Humans never saw
The French Quarter, territory she wanted to hunt, was sether Prey could not escape Hidden gardens Exhaust Alcohol, fresh and sweet, and old and sour Tar on streets, stinky human world
Sound of music everywhere, loud, raucous Horns, dru in fear, ready to be eaten S Lonely sex Many fe on tall spikes Easy prey Stores filled with paint and canvas, stone andRestaurants and hotel, she thought at me Smells of her world
It stank But underneath stink, other se and stench of dirty river Under spices humans cook into food Under odors of hu sround, part of earth Their ashes wafted along street, carried in air Their bones, ground to powder, settled into cracks Va tier when I was alpha and Jane was beta Didn’t know numbers beyond five, but there were manyBeast scent A challenge
Centuries, the thought ca ti for me to understand, or care Turned back to hunt Prowled, hiding often in night, scenting, searching Finding hiding places as ood hunter
Saw/s Predator I hunched down in shadow Jane wished for a cross and stake, Christian syht at her Predator Like Beast She curled lips as if thought was spoiledbefore dawn, scented old blood Found street where mad one took down many humans, ate best parts An alley Narrow, confined Walls, straight up like water gorge, but without bold river Strong reek of blood, blood, blood,of wasted h to find health again It was dying
They cannot die, she whispered
Dies, I thought back at her This one sick Shtened huuns Hacked softly at reuns I reunpowder, pain, fear, screa paws carefully, walked through dark, under yellow ribbons, past dying flowers in tall piles Alongfey old one, to her side, cobbles saturated with his need to protect, as if she were his kit, his cub Healthy young male, three paces away And more-than-five others Mad one killed, ate slow
She said, It took its ti