Wolf and Deer - Part Three - Decision - Illustration by Pig

How long did they lie, motionless save for breathing and heartbeat? Neither of them knew, neither would have cared. Snow had begun to fall again, a cruel mockery of life and motion, settling upon their bodies, yet lingering only for a little while....

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Wolf and Deer - Part Eleven - Heritage

Effect follows cause As thunder follows lightning But if just causes had nice effects only We'd all be living a dream. A sudden pain tearing her out of blissful dreams. Slowly blinking the sleep away, finding herself back in mother's den, all...

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Wolf and Deer - Part Eight - Awakening

Do not grieve for happiness lost Do not mourn the past or be scared of the future. There's always a now, yours to do with as you please... If you are prepared to face consequences. Hunger. Cold. Time itself... none of this seemed to matter anymore....

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Wolf and Deer - Part Seven - Union

Love deemed impossible Love seen as being wrong Take your time to stop and think that maybe - Maybe you are just jealous? Bodies warming each other. Minds finding comfort in each other's presence. A growing desire, unfelt... unheard of before....

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Wolf and Deer - Part Six - Falling

So many paths unwalked, forbidden So many held back by their fear Afraid, not of what they might find at it's end But of what they might find out About themselves. Eyes opening wide in surprise, Beta found himself locking lips with his prey,...

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Wolf and Deer - Part Five - Daring

'Tis surprising how often deedsCalled a crime against natureReally only require a broader perspectiveTo turn out to be called progress.These limits, these borders -Who set them? It was peopleLike you and me, now it's up to usTo prove...

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Wolf And Deer - Part Four - Realisation

Beta's jaws closed - but not on her throat, as he would have intended back then, what seemed a lifetime ago. Instead, he found himself gently nibbling her ear, feeling a warmth in his belly that other prey would never have granted. He felt her muscles...

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Wolf and Deer - Part Three - Decision

How long did they lie, motionless save for breathing and heartbeat? Neither of them knew, neither would have cared. Snow had begun to fall again, a cruel mockery of life and motion, settling upon their bodies, yet lingering only for a little while....

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Wolf and Deer - Part Two - Reborn

Hunger. Reborn had been searching, searching for food more than a quarter of Brightface in the sky. Her stomach threatening to digest itself; her legs, bloodied by the frozen snow, almost too weak to carry her. Winter had been harsh upon her herd, but...

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Wolf and Deer - Part One - Beta

1 Winter. Cold biting through the paws drumming on the frozen snow. And hunger, like the stomach had turned in upon itself. Despair. Human hunters, just as hungry, following on the heel. Damn them. As if they'd miss the few chickens that granted the...

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Wolf and Deer - Part Ten - Mercy - Illustration by Arikla

Life - so very beautiful Could never be valued highly enough Yet when all hope is lost You will know when it's time to say Farewell. Heart beating rapidly. Still not believing what she had just done, knowing she would do it again for him, as often...

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Wolf and Deer - Part Nine - Punishment

Violence should not be an answer But sometimes... Sometimes it depends on who is asking. A sudden rush of adrenaline. Time slowing again, in a way so very different from before. Beta saw his packbrother leap... reaching a decision in half a...

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