Bramblepoint Self-appraisal

Dash was successful in grabbing the other male's scruff, and he seemed to go still under Dash's hold. It seemed like only a fraction of a second that Dash had a hold of the flesh, when all of a sudden he was knocked backward. Dash wasn't able to react before he went to the ground, and suddenly his scruff was in the jaws of another wolf, a stranger that smelled just like Mason.

Dash wasn't stupid. He went limp, his tail tucking between his back legs as he curled his body into submission, a whine coming from his throat. He heard Mason pleading to this "Sted" to let him go, but Dash said nothing, waiting to see if he would be freed.