"Look,
look," something whispered. Adrian pretended not to notice,
allowing his ears to focus on what the younger rabbits were saying
but letting them believe he didn't hear them. "Dad said he
thought he'd leave by now."
"Yeah!
And mom said she hoped so," a third voice shushed the first two,
scolding them.
"You're
gonna get us in trouble. What if he hears us?"
There
was silence for a moment, Adrian still pretending to read the book
that was in his hands

Adrian
looked down upon the small rabbit in front of him with disdain. The
smaller mammal refused to meet the predators gaze, unwilling to face
his end head-on.
"Coward."
Adrian snarled, feeling his muzzle tense. He was temped to force the
rabbit's head up. But he resisted. If this was how he wanted to go
out, who was Adrian to interfere?
It
had been over three years since the last time Adrian had attempted
this. it was a common practice among their society for predators to
snatch pr