Born For This

The boy of clouded grays and black snarls at the bear as he works to drive it from their shores. A howl for help rings out and he spies his taller brother, Quill, arriving to slams his body into the bear’s side. Strix glowers at his brother as the boy of light grays and white joins him… only to call the smaller boy crazy in a scolding tone. He scoffs angerly as he shoots his brother an annoyed glance, all the times Quill has bullied him coming to the forefront of his mind. The boy of black and grays snaps out, “At least I am trying to defend our home.” With a glare and snort of disapproval,  Strix rushes in toward the angry grizzly once more, finding he prefers its company over that of his bullying sibling.

Yes, he is smaller than all his littermates and, because of that, Strix has always felt like the odd-man-out… and Quill has always seemed the right buttons push. Pushing his brother from his mind, the smaller boy lunges forward, grabbing a mouth full of the bear’s leg and thrashing. A meaty paw swings toward him but the family mastiffs burst onto the scene and immediately pull the grizzly’s attention away from Strix who is bound and determined to rip off the beast’s leg.


"Strix Klein"