Like a Stone

Elias felt the warm spill of the cat's blood roll out against his own throat and chest. This was a massive cat, weighing in more than Elias by at least half another wolf and he couldn't believe the thick feeling of its life spilling across his entire front side. He thrashed again, teeth sinking deeper into the neck wound he'd created as the cat started moaning just before it went into shock. As it did, he felt Vale began to move and felt the flesh of the cat being jerked away from his own teeth.

As Elias began to understand what Vale was doing, it confirmed his earlier suspicions and why Vale insisted on getting on the opposite side of the cat. A wicked grin overcame Elias' own muzzle as he anticipated the inevitable snap of the dying cat's spinal cord, blood that had been pooled within his lips releasing into a pink froth around his bite. Elias salivated uncontrollably as he himself began to answer to his demons, his body so overcome with adrenaline that the titan began to shake. His jowls loosened their grip on the cat's neck for only a shortlived second before they widened and snapped shut again over the very same bite wound. He took in more flesh between his teeth and simply began to pull and tear and develop a crater as he dug through the beast's neck up toward his friend.


His eyes began to roll as his ears deafened to the world around him. The sudden life-or-death situation that had sprung upon him and triggered his fight or flight response already put him on questionable grounds in terms of his sanity, but hearing the crackling of his friend as his emotions started to level out just... well, he was slipping.

The strong voice of his mother rang in his ears, 'This reminds me of a time, Elias. Remember? When you were a young alpha and a cougar invaded your home before. History seems to be repeating itself, don't forget the bond you had with the one that was at your side then- it might not be so different from the one who is at your side now.' His sister. He had fought side by side with his sister, and with a man attempting to show his strength and swoon his mother. His mother had been more impressed with the work that her children did that day, but... the bond she spoke of was one that he shared with Eliana. Was she trying to tell him to trust this man like he trusted his own sister?

He growled out in slight confusion and continued tearing up through the cat, finishing just as Vale's teeth snapped through the tendons holding together the cat's vertebrae. He tore through the tendons on his own side until his jaw hurt, and the weight of the cat's skull was no longer supported by the strength of bone and muscle. Fragile flesh ripped and the head fell, the lifeless body of the cat falling limp onto Vale. They were both a mess, drenched in the blood of the feline. Elias' muscles ached and his head was still spinning, his world still deafened but he heard the call for his name.

Ruby eyes found Vale and he knew why he had called him, his protective nature overcoming him as he took a step over the cat's fallen skull to get closer to Vale. "It's over, you did well. They are pleased, sated. You can breathe now." He looked to the dead cat's head, "You proved your strength to your demons just now, Vale. And to me. Prove it again by calming yourself. Focus on your breathing, and focus on the feeling of this world around you. You can't let them consume you all the time, you have to focus on your strength and on your attention here in this world- if you stay in your head for too long, you become weak and vulnerable. That's not who you are. Breathe."

Vale and Elias VS. Big Black Cougar (220 lbs)
Round 3/3
Height: 42 inches
Build: Medium