My dreamless rest was interrupted by the feeling of cold, wet sandpaper brushing the side of my face.
My hand whacked around trying to push the stray leaf away, my fingers touched fur instead of the leaf I had initially assumed.
A scream broke through me as I scrambled to my feet away from what I assumed was danger.
My eyes met with my guardian sitting as it observed my panic, her eyes had a look of amusement for my terror.
"I could have hurt you," I said, my hands patting my chest to calm its rapid beating.
The feline let out a low rumble as if laughing at my comment. I stretched my body feeling an instant relief as bones popped in different places.
"You don't believe me," I gasped in shock, my eyes fixed on the jaguar whose penetrating gaze was already on me.
"I killed a py
