Female in Heat

Ember trotted through the tall forest grasses. She was sleepy and she knew she had just entered her first heat. Although she knew it was unsafe to sleep out here without protection in heat she was so tired she plopped onto the ground. She laid on her belly and thought about it, a male could easily come and over power her. She got back up but she couldn't walk any longer and she plopped back onto her belly. It would be much safer to have a pack but she was loner, it was as simple as that. There was no safe place for her to sleep, not when she was alone in the middle of the woods. Her eyelids drooped and she fought the sleep but eventually she was out and snoring like a log.