Lost Creek Hollow stonefire

likewise was the wolf stubborn, but shardul wished to break him, to tear the confidence from his visage and watch the piercing eyes dull with fear, with the agony of disembowelment -- to see the entrails falling bloodily to trip the wolf would please the silver cat greatly, and so he gathered his hindquarters beneath him and sprang. this time, however, he checked himself so that the canine could not step away; he lashed out at the last moment with both forepaws, intending to tangle them both to the ground.