![]() ![]() ![]() There were three of them, moving through the jungle in a loose single file. Prowling carefully around a shallow gully, body held close to the ground, she listened to the unaccustomed sounds of the men who had foolishly wandered into her hunting grounds. She would need to select a good striking position soon, before her energy flagged, but she had learned the merits of caution and patience a long time ago. ![]() She had stalked her prey for many hours, and the stress was starting to wear on her aching muscles. Dappled shafts of sunlight filtering through the canopy reflected off pearly white teeth as her upper lip curled back in a snarl, the rumbling purr that followed almost subliminal. So little breeze stirred the dense undergrowth, she was able to detect distinct scents of sweat, leather, and gun oil lingering in the heavy air. From time to time she would pause, lift her face, and take several rapid breaths through her nose. ![]() She moved soundlessly along invisible trails, avoiding twigs and surface roots with uncanny ease, leaving not a trace of passage in the moist earth. Jagged shadows twisted wraithlike through the jungle undergrowth, flickered between the trees and grasses, and formed a body for a pair of ice-blue eyes that gleamed in the darkness with feral intensity. ![]()
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