Assignment Moon Girl
“His male-cat odor filled the darkened cave. She scrambled alongside the rough sandstone walls that scratched her thighs and flanks, and then saw the cub’s eyes, glowing a phosphorescent green as he padded from his den. The cat grumbled, warning her away from his cool retreat. But she could not remain in the pit, now that the sun was up. Not for another day. She had to find relief, or die.
“Please,” she whispered to the beast. “I beg of you. Let me be.”
The cub was half-grown, but almost as heav...y as she, with the distinctive stripes of the rare Hyrcanian tigers once hunted by the Sassanids of ancient times. He was not hungry. Food had been thrown into the pit for both of them. But he would not leave her in peace. He was like some strange watchdog, trained to observe her every move, ready to leap upon her in half-anger, half-sexual play, whenever she tried to penetrate the shadows of the cave. He paused and watched her with eyes like living emeralds.
“Please,” she whispered again.MoreLess
“Please,” she whispered to the beast. “I beg of you. Let me be.”
The cub was half-grown, but almost as heav...y as she, with the distinctive stripes of the rare Hyrcanian tigers once hunted by the Sassanids of ancient times. He was not hungry. Food had been thrown into the pit for both of them. But he would not leave her in peace. He was like some strange watchdog, trained to observe her every move, ready to leap upon her in half-anger, half-sexual play, whenever she tried to penetrate the shadows of the cave. He paused and watched her with eyes like living emeralds.
“Please,” she whispered again.MoreLess
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