Sawtooth Spire don't disturb the beast

Final round! Ends 10/05. :)

Nanuk joined them and for a moment, Echelon was confident that the tides were sharply turning in their favor.  The intrusive ursine was giving up, but wasn't giving in.  Yet with the arrival of the Spire's bear-like female, Echelon knew it was only a matter of time before it backed off entirely.  It persisted slowly in steering away from the site of a fresh kill, carrying on with guttral calls and growls to protest.  It's lumbering went from something more than a slow pace away to something a little quicker as it realized that the wolves were relentless.

Slowly, Echelon began to back off her own throttle as the incline of the land evened out.  She doubted that it would leave the cover of the forests for the plains beyond, but she also did not feel willing to chase it that far away.  As her steps slowed to a stop, the dark coywolf scarcely paused for breath as she drew her muzzle skyward and howled.  It was a triumphant sort of call, but also one that she hoped would serve as warning.  That bear had only happened on a fraction on their numbers — but it would hear the entirety of a pack.