King of the Willows

The lion stalked closer, showing no hesitation in its movements, eyes locked on the young prince as massive paws stepped one in front of the other. Of course the wolves couldn’t allow the beast any closer to their pack lands and they stood in the way of the heavy predator. The lion went for Kotori first, swiping huge knife clawed paws towards the horned wolf.

Koroti wasn’t about to be scared off, as the cat landed he lunged, and Hikaru did the same. The cat was forced to contend with two attacks from two directions. It was almost as if it had forgotten wolves fought in packs. Hika took his chance, leaping at the cat and aiming to rip at its neck. It was distracted so he got a good shot, but he could only get of a damaging shake or two before it hissed and twisted to reverse grab him. Hika was too quick, but he hoped Kotori was ready to grab its attention back.

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