Low Life

Caedes had seized the opportune moment, his powerful jaws clamped onto the side of the bear's neck. His grip was firm and unyielding, holding the massive creature in place with his own weight and leverage. But for how long? The bear was a hulking mass of muscle, as was he, but it held far more bulk – and it must have been nearly half a foot taller… It was only as the brute sank his fangs ever deeper into the hide of the bear, striking liquid gold, did the form of another wolf come into view. Just a shift of his gaze upwards, and there, Kaino. His beloved cousin. Sister – almost. The emerald eyed brute grinned through his bite, ears pulled back against his skull as he fought to keep his footing. The grizzly, now caught between the relentless assault from Kaino on its back and the determined wolf at its side, roared in agony. It snapped at Caedes’, thrashing its head, but its thick neck did not allow it the range of movement to make purchase on him. Nor could it rear up with the two wolves simultaneously controlling its movement.

Blood trickled down the bear's neck as it screamed in fury, mingling in the fur at Caedes’s chest and sending vibrations through his jaws. Still he maintained his hold, anchored to the struggling beast. But as the bear thrashed, Caedes’ gaze flicked up to his cousin – just in time to see Kaino pushing off the bear's spine. He raised his fores upwards, pushing the bear away as he released his grip. His skull jerked sideways, checking on Kaino and seeing only blazing passion in the heat of battle. It was only a moment though, before his muscles bunched up in his hinds, and he was charging forward again; throwing his weight into the bear once again, trying to open the wound he had already made in its neck further.