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Chapter 5 - Calm before the storm

Descending into the hole underneath the tree they found a wolf family with the mother feeding 5 pups and the father missing

The mother seemed tired and the pups were small and wet seemingly hours since birth.

The female decided to inject her venom in the belly of the mother since she already is bitten by the pups over there

'Claw, neck, faster spread' he interjected

'belly, stealthier, already bitten, by babies' she countered

'Then, I , claw babies' he said and took action together with her

While she inject venom in the mother he decided to stealthily bite and claw at the jugular a puppy so it doesn't bark loudly alerting the others.

Once finished with the first he went for the next without eating to no alert the rest.

And like that the hole wolf family end as their breakfast with the starting with the pups and the female with the mother.

Half way through eating the belly of the mother the female started molting, it seems many of the nutrients of the body where concentrated there for the breastmilk

Her molting ended just about the time the male started chewing the hind legs of the corpse.

Like always she skipped the stomach and went straight for the heart causing her another bout of molting when she finished.

Meanwhile, the male finished the legs and the back bone and got to the stomach, though he ate it didn't cause him to molt forcing him to continue with the rest of the bones and the head which half way through caused him to molt.

The female was the first one to finish molting and ate the rest of the brain before the male finished it.

When they finished with their meal they had enough food for the day and decide to stay in the hole.

The female realized for the wolf mother should have a partner.

They decided after a short discussion to wait for the partner of the wolf in ambush positions in the darker areas of the cave.

'Partner should be stronger, plan needed, attack when close, then, I, from behind, attack too' said the female getting ready close to the exit.

The male acknowledging her goes to a deeper part of the cave waiting for the target.

But hours pass and the aforementioned target doesn't so up.

Still being on edge they decide to forgo sleep and continue waiting.

Minutes pass, then hours pass and the night comes, the wolf nowhere to be seen.

To save energy they slept interchangeably so they can react to the arrival of the prey.

The next morning they woke up still pretty stressed from the wait.

That's when a big shadow blocked the entrance.