Sundered

"Go! Now!" The voice rang in the young girl's ears, almost deafening. The last thing she would see was the pain filled expression that filled the older woman's face as her throat was torn. Blood gushed as she collapsed to the ground, body flailing and twitching. She tried so hard not to look in the direction the free girl had run, or else all of it would have been for nothing. But things had already gone bad, the woman was caught and killed, and now the two males hovering over her body had caught the scent of their escaped pet.

Tera sat, back pressed hard against the stone wall, the entrance to where she hid blocked by the raging waters of a fall. Limbs trembled, body thin with starvation and full of fear. She was filthy, her once pale coat now looking as if she had rolled in dirt, small scrapes across her face and legs.