From Jellybean to Wolf

His manoeuvre was a success, and he landed with a soft ‘oof’ onto the sand, hitting his back and shoulders as he carefully cradled the small creature to him. She cried his name in a squeal of laughter, and wiggled against his paw.

He held his paw carefully locked above her as she squirmed. Then, with a grunt, he let his paw lift slowly, inch by inch, every time she squirmed and playful fought him. “Ahh!” he cried as his paw moved another fraction. “This prey is more powerful than I realised!” he bellowed as the girl scrambled to her feet, biting his chest and grinning at him. He let his head thump to the ground behind him. “Mercy, vicious Princess, Mercy!”

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