Overture Downs he was eager for the tale to go on

merrick had been faster, but was pleased to stand aside with gleefully lolling tongue as his sister brutalized the coyote until it lay unconscious. he too nosed eagerly around its body, but the wily creature either was truly lost of all senses, or merely pretending to be dead until the young wolves had moved on.
merrick was not so easily dissuaded, and delivered a bone-crushing snap to the coyote's tail to bring it alive with an agonized scream. he lunged for the back of its head then, digging his teeth into the flesh there as his eyes darkened with pleasure.