Stone Circle push play, stop, rewind

Feel free to decide how far away he is from them! Left that intentionally vague.

Whatever he'd been doing didn't matter anymore; the alarm in mother's shout broke his transfixtion, and with little thought other than the need to reach her, he found his paws devouring Easthollow like a hellion who ran with fire beneath his feet.

He covered the short distance between them, and when he broke upon the scene, he found his mother with child in grip, but his hardened eyes bent to the wraith plunging out to grasp what would never be hers. He hit the ground with a quicker run, and, with hackles bristling and gums drawn back, Merrit aimed himself toward the rogue, intent to intercept her with fangs and force - if he could reach her in time.