Bet you think you're Queen Bee

Kenway had been so absorbed in his own little world that it took a second for the kid's scream to register. His rump lifted off the ground and his ears flattened, and tail tucked defensively. His eyes swept the grass. Was this some sort of cruel joke? He couldn't see any lion? Until he could. Golden eyes locked across the grass, but it seemed the braying of the donkeys caught her attention as much as he had. When her head whipped to take in the approaching reinforcements, well thank fuck there was an adult in there too... He took the opening to lunge for the side of her throat, bracing for the inevitable tear of claws through his flesh when her brain caught up with the chaos.