a toe over the line

She'd watched Levi leave the den and "patrol" all of the time. It seemed stupid, really, when she knew very well that her father and plenty of other much bigger, much stronger wolves did all of the patrolling... but at least it was something to do. Today she was timing herself, trying to see how fast she could complete a half loop of the territory. Maybe she could brag about it to him later! He'd hate that. It would be loads of fun.

Just when she was about to get started counting, she caught the scent of a complete stranger. Well that was new! Makara wriggled down into what she assumed was a very sneaky position and approached the source of the smell. Oh cripes. It was a very, very big lady... with horns. Just as she was about to sneak away, the intimidating figure stopped and looked directly at her. "AH!" she shrieked, then planted all four paws on the ground and gave her best fearsome growl. "STOP! TRESPASSER!"

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