Tiger's Curse by Collen Houck

Author:Collen Houck
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-12-01T14:10:55.676000+00:00

He touched his face and grinned as he traced long scratches left by Ren and then rubbed his jaw. He darted his eyes in my direction, and with a cursory glance at Ren, added, “Unless…of course, you’d like to talk abouther . I’m always interested in yourwomen .”

Ren moved me back and responded with an outraged roar. Morphing in midair, he attacked his brother again. The two rolled through the camp biting and scratching again, banging against trees and slamming down on sharp rocks. Ren lashed out with a paw aiming for his brother, but he hit a tree trunk instead, leaving deep, jagged claw marks in the thick trunk.

The black tiger took off running into the jungle, and Ren chased after him. Two angry roars echoed through the trees, and a flock of birds took off squawking unhappily. The fight continued as they moved from one part of the jungle to another. I could follow their path by standing on my rock and watching the

trees shake in the jungle and tracking the procession of irritated birds, rousted from their comfortable perches.

Ren finally barreled back into the campsite with his brother half riding his back, sinking in his claws and

biting his neck. Ren stood up on his back legs and shook his brother off, and then he leapt up onto a large rock overlooking the pool and turned to face him. The black tiger gathered himself and leapt on top

of Ren, who jumped up to block him. The move ended up pushing the black tiger into the pool of water instead, and Ren dove right in after him.

I stood at the side of the pool watching them continue to fight. One would explode from the water and pounce on the other, pushing him under. Claws raked faces, backs, and sensitive underbellies as the two large cats battered and mauled each other repeatedly. Neither one seemed to dominate the other.

Just when I thought they’d never stop, the fighting seemed to wane. The black tiger dragged his unwieldy

body up out of the water, walked a few paces away, and collapsed on the grass. Panting heavily, he rested for a minute and then began licking his paws.

Ren was next out of the water. He placed himself between the black tiger and me and buckled at my feet. Deep, bloody scratches covered his body, oozing blood that stood out sharply against his white fur.

A nasty one went from his forehead to his chin, slicing across his right eye and his nose. A large puncture

wound from a bite on his neck seeped slowly.

I stepped around him and quickly retrieved the backpack. I dug through the bag until I found the first aid

kit, popped it open, and pulled out a small bottle of rubbing alcohol and a large roll of gauze. My innate fear of blood and wounds was set aside, and a natural protective instinct kicked in. I was more scaredfor them thanof them and knew they needed help. Somehow, I found the courage.

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