Blacktail Deer Plateau Spooky scary skeletons

Frightened eyes lifted to Kavik's, a shared look of horrible panic passing between them. Stumbling slightly on account of her bum leg, Liri took off after her husband.

Trees whipped by, black and ghostly white in the moonlight. Her heartbeat raced in her ears, anger building with every cry of pain that fell from Ruenna's lips. 

The leader nearly crashed into her mate as he slid to a halt, peering over his broad shoulders to catch chaotic glimpses of the fight. It took a second for Liri to make out what exactly she was seeing. 

Ruenna, surrounded by a group of foxes, attacked from all sides. Only one was seemingly slain, limp where it lay nearby, coated with the perfume of toxic plants it had eaten from the healer's cache. The others appeared to be the dead vixen's nearly grown kits - having surrounded Ruenna when she came to investigate and attacking in unison. 

Liri reached for the one nearest to her, grabbing it by it's long plush tail. It whipped around in retaliation, teeth sinking into the bridge of her muzzle. The leader grimaced in pain, a low growl escaping her throat. 

With a snarl and a sweep of her paw, the Alpha twisted away to tear into the kit's russet side - powerful jaws ripping through flesh and crunching bone. With a gaping hole left in the kit's side, Liri abandoned it to bleed out in favor of helping the rest of her pack mates.