Sleepy Fox Hollow I am Groot

Despite their similarities, the squirming triggered Wildfire's predatory response. With a flash of her teeth, she dispatched the fox with a bite to the throat. It continued to flail and thump beneath her, though gradually it grew limp in her jaws. Only then did the youngster release it. Simultaneously, the fur on the back of her neck raised like quills. She sensed someone watching her. Wildfire crouched over her kill, scanning her surroundings.

A black she-wolf appeared, easily as large as her father, moving with the confident gait of an Alpha. The juvenile instinctively maintained her lowered posture, though she didn't move. Wildfire waited to see what the stranger would do before she gave in to either her fight or flight impulses.