Like the vicious beasts that surrounded the man you were famished after having not eaten for a few days, but few of the hyenas you know will fill you for perhaps two despite their thin but bulky frames. It seems best to keep him alive- for now. This environment isn't hard hunting in most of the year plus having offspring is best for long-term survival, your mind thinks best. You watched them close in around him & were slightly entertained watching the helplessness, his whimpers.
As they got close enough you pounce. You fell down perhaps twenty-so feet & slammed both of your legs into a hyena's back, snapping it instantly. The man screamed incessantly almost over the hyenas yells, but hadn't ran away as three of the hyenas charged at you. You roared lowly before lunging at the nearest one. This one was severely outmatched as you sunk your claws into it's neck, throwing your nearly 500 pounds of weight on it & crushing it's body. Recovering with a roll you saw that four of the hyenas were going for the man, him yelling in panic & trying to run to just end up falling & his ankle twisting. The other two came for you & with the superior athletics you have you sprint on all fours, leaping over the ones coming for you to save the man-!
It was instinct now to slaughter these prey as they threatened what you consider a temporary new 'member' to your non-existent pack, which you did with ferocity. You reached them quick & would barely miss grabbing one, watching it jump back & try to lunge for you!
Kicking your leg back you end up slamming ones face, sending it tumbling over it's fellow member. The one lunging at you turned out to be the Alpha- you dispatched it by hastily bringing both your hands to it's neck, slamming it on the ground like the other.. The hyenas near the man kept yelling, yelping & laughing as you destroyed half their pack. You roared again & watched as they scattered off East, the dazed-injured one looking back longer before going.. Then you turned around toward the man.
He looked to try & back away with mostly his left leg & arms, looking terrified, pale. You knew that he was hurt judged by his ankle protruding outward, dehydration prominent to. Knowing he is weak solidified your desire to bear stronger offspring, you would walk to him on both feet, watching his cowardice shift in uncertainty as your stomach rumbled. "Please- don't.. Dont kill me-!" 'Kill' was a word you knew & you had no desire to.. At the moment. You showed that by grabbing his un-spraint leg & pulling him with you toward the hyena nearest, ignoring his terrified & pained pleads, then moving opposite of him. The guy looked on at you in a flurry of emotion, mostly fear, as you looked back at him while kneeling over the hyena.. Primal you were as you carelessly used your claws to start tearing open it's ribcage, him looking away & appearing sickened, his whimpering almost done.. Hastily ripping innards was a quite grotesque thing you love doing, your tail swaying as you gleefully praise your own skill, chomping down on mouthfulls of food & dirtying some of your facial fur & hands, which are more like paws that look like them.
That hyena was eaten hastily within several minutes, you taking a deep gasp as you swallowed the last of what's preferred in it.. He spoke. "What.. Tc-- re you gonna do?" A pained question by him- you barely understand, at most you know he is scared of you, dehydrated & hurt as to where he cannot walk. You saw he store into your green catlike eyes to see the blood of the kills on you as you saw defeat in him.. You then would walk over to him as the food settled in your stomach, seeing him slowly grow fearful again as you approached his side & bent down some, feeble effort done to move away. "No-! God No!"
Trying to push you away was in vain as he was weak & barely stood up past your navel, if he could. You would force a paw opposite of your face on his cheek, forcing him to stare at you whilst trembling. "Do.. Me?" Atleast thought of rationally, he looked puzzled- what your meaning is mating. Smiling.. Was like bearing your sharp teeth to him, he was a bit scared from it, now not as much.. It amazes you how quickly your instinct switched from kill to preserve however- even your conscious mind feels weird.
So you carefully brought your snout-like face to his cheek, sniffing in his.. Somewhat sweaty & stinky stench before licking him. He would turn away & groan- "Phla- gross.." You let out a purr-growl as you moved to one of the other dead hyenas; dragging it toward you & him & devouring it just like the last, you watched him sit there faced away.
.....You finished two & felt full, having eaten quite a few pounds of their innards.. Now you knew that water was a necessity given fact your fur is blood-soaked in specific spots & the human is dehydrated- thankfully your den is well placed near a source. It is rather isolated at the scrubland's mountain border in a valley where many predators have been killed by you- explaining why you haven't eaten. Many animals are avoiding that valley.
Only problem is the valley is about two miles North, two you'll be carrying your mate with, which will probably be only a little more strenuous. Though a bit irrate knowing you have to you don't care to much- you ate today & got a partner.. Perhaps a later snack as a bonus. He likely knows he has no choice but to submit now.
Forcing him on his back with sheathed claws you watch as he looked at you quietly, only grunting & moaning in pain as you forced your hands under him.. Then lifting, his weight actually wasn't bad, maybe like sixty pounds to you. Staring down at him your tail sways in anticipation for tonight, he feels more.. secure you can see. It's what you want- easier to manipulate.. Perhaps he sees your beauty, but then again your just a humanoid-anthropomorphic thinly-furred in-places-lioness hunting to live.. He likely sees that, or has become infatuated with being 'saved' by you. Who knows- all you know is he is quiet & just staring at you & the environment, you beginning the trek back to your den near a pond..
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