Chapter 23: First Kill
There were seven hyenas in the pack, brawling over the fresh meat of a dark antelope, thoroughly unaware that a group of inexperienced hunters were peeking at them from up a high vantage point, no more than two hundred metres away.
Ember knew little about hunting, but even he could tell the scout had literally gotten them an opportunity on a silver platter. Yet Sunny and Talon bickered about who would take the lead, or how they would go about the hunt. As far as Ember was concerned, both of them were getting at the same point, just one more eloquent than the other.
Tearing his eyes off the pack, he gazed at his aunt.
“What is it, Little Flame?” Zephyr asked, smiling down at him. After her initial mistake, she seemed to have settled on the nickname and had addressed him as such ever since.
“Can you tell me those hyenas' relative levels?” he asked.
“They are all around level 10.”
He nodded in thanks. Level 10 meant they could still be hunted with a common bow and arrow. With that thought, Ember nocked an arrow and stepped beside the bickering kids.
“Quiet, you guys,” he said. “You are going to scare away the pack.”
Ember didn't believe his voice would carry much weight among the kids, and yet, surprisingly, all four of them stopped and turned to eye him.