A Bear.

The bear had lowered its bulky form over and the other wolf seemed willing to take the attention away from Kichi. The silver wolf leaped up onto the bears back, a second bound to lunge in forward and latch his teeth onto the giant's neck. It took an extra second to get a mouthful to grip and dig into the neck, squeezing through and shaking it. The bear reared up again, Kichi’s legs scrabbled for purchase, still attached to the bear simply by the grip of his teeth in the bear’s neck.

With the other wolf below the bear was forced to lower back down and Kichi’s feet found purchase again. One more yank of his head and the blood sprayed free, the bear’s thrashing having helped to tear the injury open more. Kichi leaped off with a mouthful of bear flesh and blood. He wasn’t sure the odds of having managed to stay on another round if the bear had lifted him up again.


"Kichi"