Learn to pay attention

Sirius trained his kids young. He knew that in the end, that was how to keep them alive. He could keep eyes on his little terrors around the clock, but something would always sneak past him. The only way to truly keep them safe, was if they could hold their own.

As he kept coyotes away from Kotori’s other side, he also kept watch over the boy. Watching the fight play out, prepared to leap in and snatch his boy away. Bast crouched in the shadows of the long grass a distance away. Blocking off the coyotes exit. If any managed to grab the boy, they would be sandwiched between dire wolf and leopard. Dead before it saw the danger.

Sirius snarled at a coyote that looked inclined to join in the fight against the boy. Sirius would not let it become any more then Kotori and companion on one. The coyote whose leg he had broken was dragging itself away from the bloody scene. The Warlord placed a paw on its back, pushing it into the earth, before nipping at its neck. Coyote’s were the only bastards without a single iota of sense, willing to die for a mere attempt at the Armada borders. Vermin.