My First

Her ears perked. Pack challenge? Was it possible the poor traumatized woman had belonged to her aunt? The golden girl made a note to ask the next time they had a run in, surely the red woman would probably want to know of what state her former pack mate was in.

Emeralds watched as the spotted boy approached, some instinctual part of her lowering her body closer to the ground, and making her splay her legs some, tail pulling out behind her and eyes narrowed. Very little else shifted though, just as inexperienced in fighting as her partner was. He wasn’t running full tilt at her and yet a part of her briefly feared he was about to collide with her, his bulk seemed more likely to simply crush her than allow for any sort of retaliation.

His jaws closed around her scruff, a bit harder than she had anticipated and a gasp of pain escaped her throat. He hadn’t just gotten her scruff but a bit of the base of her neck on the right side. She could feel him tugging on her, clearly meaning to topple her and her toes spread a small growl pushing past her gritted teeth. With some effort she suddenly threw her head back, hoping to connect with his throat, or the base of his jaw. If she was honest she wasn’t sure she would even reach.

She fought to stay standing, a losing battle unfortunately as she felt herself falling over. A squeak was the only sound she made as she toppled over onto her right side. The golden girl tried to quickly flip herself over on her left side, swiping out with her paws as she did in a wild attempt to sweep them out from under the bigger boy.