The beating, beating paws

For once Gossamer was quick to obey. She moved into the inner circle with her siblings while she worked out the conflicting feelings. She was eager to help and show what she'd learned but at the same time she was afraid of what was lurking on the borders. The sound crunching snow and the movement of paws across the landscape seemed to echo in the still night air until their enemies arrived. Wolves, larger than even her father approached, mist billowing from their mouths. Then at once they attacked. Gossamer flinched as one collided brutally with her father then all at once everyone around them was fighting. Gossamer tried to make out the numbers but it was difficult to tell. She tensed. Her heart was racing as she watched the fights. She didn't even dare to cheer for fear she would serve more as a hindrance than a help.

Kylfa yowled suddenly, causing her to jump and just in time she'd managed to avoid getting bitten by a sliver dire wolf. This one was smaller than the others, likely a yearling, and its silvery coat and slightly smaller size had allowed it to blend in so well with its surroundings that she almost didn't see it. But Kylfa had. The snow leopard was on the wolf's back and as it twisted around to bite at her companion a blaze of fury lit her chest. Gossamer charged the second she saw an opening. As the wolf twisted around to bite at the snow leopard the left side of its neck was exposed and vulnerable. Gossamer latched on, her saber fangs digging far deeper than even the dire's would. The yearling screeched and snarled as Gossamer held on, seeking to work her fangs in deeper. Now the key threat the dire wolf forgot the snow leopard and pushed Gossamer to the ground but she still had hold of his neck, his blood loss increasing by the second.

At that moment Ásta joined in. The giant fox ripping into the side of the yearling, just in front of its thigh, working her way into that soft underbelly. The yearling dire was outnumbered badly and if their luck would hold Gossamer would make her first kill of a rival predator with the aid of her companions.