Broken

The twisting and pain from her stomach made her groan, her eyes slowly opening as it woke her from sleep. Her body shook as she fought with herself to get up, feeling so weak from lack of food. She had gone several days without food, hoping her mother would somehow come alive, heal, and go get her food. As the days went by and the pain of her stomach being empty grew worse she had given up hope. She had wandered from her home in the Aspen Dam, made it here before the pup collapsed. She hadn't been able to sleep well and it was difficult for her to regain any sort of energy to keep going.

She was starving, and hadn't been taught the skills needed to hunt. Before the attack her mother was still bringing dead meals home to her, now she had no one to do that for her. She whined curling herself into a tighter ball and praying the pain would go away. She reeked of dried blood, her beautiful coat caked in her mother's blood. Luckily it was summer so the pup didn't have to worry about having body heat by her side. Whining again the pup squeezed her eyes shut while her body shook.