CAROLINE
“D
on’t be greedy, Kiki- you glutton.”
Scrunching up my face as Kiki paused her creeping towards the stripped fawn, I shook my head with a smile. She’d eaten quite a bit more than I had expected, and happiness bubbled up in my chest at how much she liked deer meat.
Glancing around my campsite, my pupils narrowed to take in the shadows that combated the firelight. Yellows and oranges flickered off tree trunks and my tent, and I pulled my legs up to rest my cheek on my knee. I couldn’t let my mind wander to the next day, and I ran my tongue along my teeth absently as I sought something else to think of. The sun had set a while ago, making traveling to the stream dangerous; it might’ve only been a short way away, but the forest changed in the dark.
“Do you think I could get my d
