Chapter 7
The aroma of the fresh kill drifts up to the fork of the tree where Eve has settled from the heat of the day…the memory of Juliet’s death still strong on her mind…the hybrid feels a pain in her chest, the emptiness at the loss. She has no desire to eat as she watches Romeo feed on the luckless Warthog, caught emerging from its burrow in the earth. Fathers voice rings in her head…”Eve, you must eat in order to keep up your strength.”
Sliding down from her perch the humanzee joins the feline at his kill. Romeo backs away from the carcass allowing Eve to tear a chunk of raw flesh with her strong hands, and then moves back to claim his rightful spot. She smells the meat, her hunger surfaces and with a grimace of distaste on her face, Eve who has until now only eaten cooked meat, pr
