“Mary? Are you listening to me? Are you still in there?” Jeff asked, worried by the enormous tigress at his foot.
Mary growled louder at him and put a paw on each side of Jeff. Jeff started to back up on the bed while Mary was growling at him. They did not know that the growl of a tiger is a powerful weapon to instill fear in their prey. Mary was doing exactly that to Jeff without knowing about it. When she growled louder, Jeff felt like he was in panic. He had nowhere to run to avoid an attack.
Suddenly Mary jumped over the bed and pinned Jeff on the mattress. She roared loudly at his face and saw as his blood drained from his face.
Jeff felt Mary’s hot breath on his face while hearing that loud roar. He fainted just a few seconds later.
Sometime later, Jeff started to wake up from his nightmare. He dreamt of a tiger assaulting him and that he feared for his life. He felt like someone was caressing him gently. When he opened his eyes, he saw a huge tiger looking at him. All the events up to the moment flooded his brain.
“Mary?” He asked still unsure that she had control.
Mary looked at him and licked his face.
“What was that for? Did you lose control over your body?”
Mary shook her head no and then put her head under her paws, as if she was hiding.
“Was that a prank?”
Mary nodded and Jeff could swear that he saw her grinning.
“Don’t do that again, please! I felt like I was going to die.”
Mary nodded again and then started to lick him. He looked outside and saw that it was dark.
“It is almost past dinner time. Do you want to eat something?”
Mary nodded and stood on the bed. She was all tiger from head to tail now.
Jeff prepared a sandwich to him and then asked himself what he should prepare to Mary. Then he saw as Mary opened the fridge and got the meat they bought that week. She bit the meat packages and put them on the counter.
Mary stood with her front paws on the counter and tried to use her claws to open the packages. She was frustrated because it was hard and she started to growl. Jeff went to her help and opened the packages for her.
“If you want to eat that amount of meat, let me prepare it for you.”
As soon as he said that, Mary bit a large piece of beef and ate it whole and raw.
“What are you doing? Don’t you want me to cook the meat before you eat?”
Mary shook her head no and continued to eat all the meat she grabbed on the fridge. When she finished, she licked the counter clean and started to search for more food.
“Are you still hungry?”
Mary nodded and continued to search for something to eat. Then Jeff had an idea.