{"sf1_id":728320,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Wolf and Deer - Part Three - Decision","author":"Amber Eyes","words":245,"posted_at":"2014-07-09T19:24:00.000Z","tags":["Deer","Fantasy","Feral","Hunting","Love","M/F","Medieval","Predator/Prey","Red deer","Romance","Story Progression","Winter","Wolf","interspecies","straight"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/728320-wolf-and-deer-part-three-decision","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/728320","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=728320\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"How long did they lie,\nmotionless save for breathing and heartbeat? Neither of them knew,\nneither would have cared. Snow had begun to fall again, a cruel\nmockery of life and motion, settling upon their bodies, yet lingering\nonly for a little while. Melting away, it was granted a taste of the\nfever that had gripped them both.Torn apart in their very\nsouls, brought together in a moment of despair. Their hearts were\nbeating so loud, it was a small miracle that the trees did not shed\ntheir heavy load of frozen snow for miles around. Reaching a\ndecision, Beta's jaws closed.He did not know what could\nhave kept him for so long. There was one obvious path to take. He\nwould run it till the end. Begging forgiveness - to whom or why was\nunclear even to him - he felt his lower teeth seeking their sharp\ncounterparts.Reborn had stopped shivering. It must be the\ncloseness to the warm dark river, she told herself, that kept her\nfrom freezing and dying of either cold or exhaustion at the spot. Her\nfate was sealed. She felt the Fang's muscles tense, and his teeth\nclosing on her. Soon, it would be over. She took one final nostril\nfull of his scent, knowing for sure that many a Fleetfooot had died\nin despair, whereas she was happier than she had ever been to feel\nthis Fang's hot breath one last time. Reborn closed her eyes and\nsmiled. "}