-v0.9- -beachside Bunnies- — The Bad Fox

“Coyote?” she whispered.

They had no idea.

The salt air carried the scent of coconut oil and panic. The Bad Fox -v0.9- -Beachside Bunnies-

Then he vanished into the dunes, leaving behind only a set of paw prints and one perfectly sun-warmed, unguarded carrot.

Nick’s muzzle curled into a smirk. This was the upgrade. No more clumsy sprints into the henhouse. No more alarms. Version 0.9 was sleek. Patient. He’d been watching the Beachside Bunnies for three days. He knew that the one with the floppy hat—Lily—always left the cooler of carrot sticks unguarded. That the big one, Bruce, snored so loud he masked footsteps. And that the little one, Pip, buried his favorite flip-flop exactly four inches south of the blue umbrella. “Coyote

The first sniff came from Lily. Her nose twitched. Her ears shot up.

Nick’s stomach growled. Not for rabbit meat. Version 0.9 ran on something sweeter: chaos . Then he vanished into the dunes, leaving behind

Version 0.9 of the Bad Fox—call him Nick—crouched behind a dune fence, his brush of a tail twitching with every tiny thump. Ahead, spread across the crescent of Moonfall Beach, was the target set: a dozen bunnies in bright swim trunks and polka-dot bikinis, sunning themselves on a giant rainbow towel.