Bramblepoint BWP3: PREY OPPORTUNITY

The white-furred female gave the green light, and Steady looked at both he and Ezekiel, telling them to cooperate. Phocion nodded firmly and prepared to charge, head lowered stubbornly. The other alpha had told his compatriots to go for the neck and sides, so he stuck to his original plan of trying to topple the bear from underneath.

Muscles bunched in anticipation, Phocion leapt into the fray, aiming dead on for the bear's left hind leg. He pounced upwards and grasped onto a meaty thigh with his teeth, clinging there like the proverbial thorn in one's side and pulling backwards with all his might. He vaguely worried about those dangerous forepaws, but the bear seemed more concerned with Ezekiel, who was locked onto the creature's throat.