Swiftcurrent Creek from out of the smoke

she had seen it first, and had reacted quickly; yet as soon as hosannah was moving, so too was the stranger. they vied for the same prize and ran together, hosannah just barely in front, until finally she descended with her jaws and plucked the mouse from the ground. with a squeeze of her teeth the creature was dead, and the taste of sweet blood coated her tongue.

the woman continued to run for a few minutes, letting her speed peter out, and rounded upon the location of her rival. her sunlit eyes were narrowed as they landed upon the other wolf, and she held the mouse even tighter, then dropped it to the earth in order to eat. triumphant in her pursuit, hosannah now had a tiny morsel with which to assuage her hunger — while the stranger was left with an empty belly.

a mouse could only do so much to curb hunger, and she was not about to share.