Porcupine Ridge rose madder

capriccio gave chase, and vuk laughed aloud at the sheer pleasure of it, the cold wind high in her throat, raking along her cheeks, her nape. she slowed only when she ceased to hear the soft press of her alpha female's paws upon the snow -- whirling, the pale girl spotted the lovely woman some feet away, body arranged into a play bow.

a game she had not tried before! vuk gave a short bark and trotted back to capri's presence before dropping down into a stance that mirrored the other's own -- in a moment she surged forward, pretending to bite the alpha's forepaw if she did not snatch it away!