Female AnimalChapter 3
Tania was concentrating on the tracks she had found that veered away from her marks. They were from the tusked pigs, and this one was small. She had never hunted alone, but had often thought that with the knife she could. She tracked it for an hour, and finally got a glimpse of it digging for roots up ahead. She was downwind, and slid as close as she thought she could. Then she rose up and ran at full speed. The animal's head came up, it took about three steps, and she was on its back,...