Flesh, fresh and hot and bloody, didn't sate the blight within, but it gave an illusion of lessening the pulsing drive for more violence, more blood, more destruction, more death. Black eyes watched Melita with burning hatred over a mouth that dripped black saliva down his chin, mixing with the bird's blood on his tunic as he stuffed as much meat down his maw as he could manage, heedless of the raw, chewy texture of it, intent only on making sure that she did not get it.
She was a mirror of him, if only he knew, as they bristled and snarled through their unholy meal. They moved at nearly the same time, each driven by the need to hoard as much of their ill-gotten treasure as possible from each other, and as Melita sneered and stuffed her stolen meal into her mouth, Jigano hissed back at her and dropped to a crouch, spinning around the tree and racing into the shadows of the fallen night, realizing only when no sound of crunching feet over snow followed behind that he had lost her. He threw back his head, letting out a bone-chilling victory howl that silenced the creatures of the fields and woods around him before he dropped to a crouch and turned his attention to gorging on the bleeding meat still in his hands, taking strength from it for further wickedness to come.
She was a mirror of him, if only he knew, as they bristled and snarled through their unholy meal. They moved at nearly the same time, each driven by the need to hoard as much of their ill-gotten treasure as possible from each other, and as Melita sneered and stuffed her stolen meal into her mouth, Jigano hissed back at her and dropped to a crouch, spinning around the tree and racing into the shadows of the fallen night, realizing only when no sound of crunching feet over snow followed behind that he had lost her. He threw back his head, letting out a bone-chilling victory howl that silenced the creatures of the fields and woods around him before he dropped to a crouch and turned his attention to gorging on the bleeding meat still in his hands, taking strength from it for further wickedness to come.
