Porcupine Ridge munchiez

the little thing was quick by nature, and made faster still, but vuk had faith in her abilities. her thin form made for a streamlined dynamic, and with a flurry of snow and a cut-off scream, the wolfess surfaced from a drift with the hapless leveret still kicking weakly in her grasp. 

vuk turned back to her hunting-partner, wondering if jhala had succeeded also, and felt the tug of the snow at her ankles as she trotted back toward the girl. her eyes had come alight again; if she remembered to be more deferential, perhaps she would avoid again offending the other wolfess.