g, and Franco could feel his cheetah body starting to overheat. He knew he had
leg clearly broken, was struggling to keep
coiled, tight a
aunc
d to bolt, but its injured leg gave
gazelle was a full-grown adult. Its neck was thick with muscle. It thra
rking. It was
uggle, without a secon
tant, the lean cheetah was replaced by
dged rock on the ground. His eyes were cold, devoid of hesitat
o the back of the gazelle's skull before the animal went still. Franco dropped
ay of predatory violence clashing with human vulnerability. From their hiding spot,
ck to his cheetah form. He was about to drag his
aws began to vibrate wit
DANGER. It was the smell of lion, but not like the young, opportunistic scent
ned themselves to the ground, their bravado e
d. His tail went rigid.
tall grass parted, and
immense, his frame larger than any Franco had ever seen on film. His mane was
disputed king of this te
t even glance at the dead gazelle. His gaze landed on Fr
sucked from his lungs. The pressure from Edwardo's presence was
und that vibrated not just in the
ding in the bushes, shifted his
t in the dead silence,
by a look of cold, contemptuous recognition. He knew who was hiding there. He r
urderous inten
scape. He lowered his massive head and began to walk, then trot, then charge, a l
the bush, screaming in pure t
rgency of a hunt, but with the casua
ze. His legs gave out, and he collapsed, gaspi
of mercy, but because he was
get out of
rge of adrenaline-fueled strength, began to drag the heavy c
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