The lake is calm. The troop is not.

The Dinopithecus have made it to the oasis — but survival has brought out something darker than hunger. The females, guarding the troop’s last infant, have locked themselves into a tense standoff with the males. No help is welcome. No comfort is allowed. Not even grief can be shared.

To the raptors, it looks like peace.
To the Dinopithecus, it’s a powder keg.



[Read Chapter VI here.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yJ6gxJAGOr6eWjssrGWAc8To8Q6LiByWKXDcCic2Vb8/edit?usp=drivesdk)


From my continuous work Terrors in the Brush — a speculative survival series blending paleo realism with raw emotion. I hope you can read through it and look forward to what comes next! 


Previous Chapters:

[Chapter V.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o_7cVZRJDyJk9dTtUrAgBSMzFjnhcqmdfeKkccABNiY/edit?usp=drivesdk)

[Chapter IV, Part 2.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gIOqiDAo7sUjH7bGIdiq9ZcK_MsLtaXX5Dh1wwALOiM/edit?usp=drivesdk)

[Chapter IV, Part 1.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/15SyhlwyzHM0_0ZH1bFWuoqE8U5RTOTYrCFW-9vETHdU/edit?usp=drivesdk)

[Chapter III.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TRzSp_kEiw59ErypQ8_YMSOp_ojOi85fwjQV0hztj0o/edit?usp=drivesdk)

[Chapter II.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jo6-BLjp2LsqEtqzIfw2AGqyfJ6maoYuBGhCI61ny2Q/edit?usp=drivesdk)

[Chapter I.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TVJkQwsLCN5elsEW1zMHtTG-vy_FUWn6H9kU2Nf_v0g/edit?usp=drivesdk)


This is the sixth chapter of my dark paleo-fantasy story blending family drama with an accurate atmosphere, showing a strained family of raptors fighting to stay alive in a brutal prehistoric ecosystem. Features bleak, violent imagery and raw emotion.