blooding the hounds of hell - round six

the elk was brought down; first Dante tore at it, then the pale girl. Casmir watched numbly as she returned for another bite of food, then ran to his dad's side. Lasher still wasn't moving; the boy whined at his leader, at his mother. "is he going to be okay?" he demanded, staring down at the gash along the beta male's side. 

he stumbled then to Eilidh; the Mayfair boy leant upon her for support, eyes filling with tears.