Blacktail Deer Plateau The forgotten

The Alpha male let his daughter toy with him a moment before he eventually lunged, grabbing the bone right out of her mouth. His swiftness left the pup bewildered and blinking for a few beats... then she scowled at him and leaped ferociously upward. Grinning teasingly, he held the object out of her reach for a few seconds, then once more snapped his neck, sending the bone flying out over the clearing. It went quite a bit further than the rock and, as soon Junior realized what he'd done, she raced after it so quickly it was a surprise she didn't leave a trail of fire in her wake.

Right then, Saēna jogged up with the rock in her mouth, ropes of drool leaking from her lips. "Oh, man, I've got this pattern down pat," he bragged, then reached down to nose her. He wondered if Saēna would also try to dance out of reach, similarly unwilling to give up her hard-won prize.