14 Skulk

Breathing on the forest floor in exhaustion Caleb stoop up with melancholic pace knowing now there was no avoiding taking the life and now relegating his hesitation to the wind.

[Now focus and block out all other distractions

Before stepping into the lush forest anew Caleb used his newfound training and calmed his nerves and mind till he numbed himself to the chirping and the clutter of noises he heard and focused so he had no wayward thoughts, Silencing the beast of his stomach so it would not show its teeth.

[Now close your eyes and focus on your breathing ,focus on each beat of your heart and let them lay in tandem together]

Closing his eyes he focusing on his breathing, the noise, how it felt to breathe.it diminished to the point where it was inaudible to the human ear, His heart slowed in tandem and followed a methodical beat, Its tune was powerful and percussive throughout his body as each thump of its drum he heard.

[Good now , reduce your presence]

His posture slacked to a crouch, with one last heavy breath he opened his eyes and they shone renewed resolve.

Caleb with new found vigor skulked in the undergrowth, in the shadows of these hulking trees, each step methodical to not disrupt the foliage or make noise. He slowly skulked listing to every sound in the forest, the whistling winds which swept through, the birds which chirped.He smelled the air,it was refreshing.

A Snap reverberating through the forest stopping its previous calm

The noise focused him as if it sent a jolt to his brain, the noise came from his left, The area was dark as the undergrowth was shadowed by those hulking trees canopy's.

As he approached the noise he slowly moved through tree to tree, bush to bush. Not revealing a single trace of his existence.

As he reached the point of the noise a clear opening showed itself where it was untouched by the shadow cast by the trees. Through the trees, he peered.

He saw a rabbit, A white-furred rabbit, red eyes gleaming.

He focused his mind muting all other stimuli, All other thoughts than this.

He stilled himself and as if turned to stone; his breathing dimmed and heart reduced to a faint tune.He prepared the final approach, The pay off was to come.

He aimed his now narrowed eyes.

He had a stationary target,just like the blue figure.

He would capture this lone rabbit.