Big Salmon Lake With our eyes wide open

there was little time for the girl to preen herself over the success of her actions, for flicker whirled upwards like a wild colt, rearing beyond astara's reach. in a matter of split seconds she had flourished and fell, drawing her weight downward in a manner that forced the nightcub to buckle underneath her.

she felt her hind limb yanked out from under her, and it was a culmination of events that caused astara to entirely crumble: the weight of the she-wolf upon her, the theft of a limb she had used for balance, and the overwhelming surprise of it all.

pinned underneath flicker, astara went limp -- though a frustrated growl of defeat rumbled from her belly.