Rhiannon could see in me that unhealthy need to protect and worry, and we were still working on it; it was easy to see the signs of trauma and trace their origins.
I would always fear for my own, the way I handled it would make the difference.
In the end, the pumas turned the hunting exercise into a competition between themselves. They made so much noise that the deer escaped our reach long before we realized it, but we found it again near a stream. At some point Andre, Kaylee and I got close enough to the animal and the scent of her pregnancy forced us to stop the entire operation. You do not hunt a pregnant female or one with small young, and it was already getting dark. We would have to start the journey back empty-handed.
Or not. Andre did not seem disappointed: he quickly found wil
