Big Salmon Lake [BWP P4 Prey Opportunity] katatonia

Powerplay consent given by Mixed! Nightstar out.

 

Wolves often mistook Hydra for a monster. She would never correct them, not any more—

She was the monster that was needed for the survival of her pack, her children. Hydra had not come to kill this man, and did not even hope to—she came to protect this meat, to take ownership over what belonged to the Wilderness. Any others not of them could die, for all she cared... but to expend energy where she did not need to? For what? This was a battle none against her could hope to win. The numbers were more than a show of force, but a tactic to also get those wise enough to want to live gone.

And it worked; the instant the other saw the tides change, he abandoned his leg and worked ripped something with far more give and fled the scene. Hydra was game to give chase, though not for long; she was followed by Lyra and Merrit both, and followed only long enough to deliver one hard bite to the others hind (not to bleed or maul or rend flesh from him) that served as a sharp warning of what he would be met with should he turn around. 

Hydra turned back to Merrit with a gleam in her eye, grinning wolfishly with their victory, tail swaying behind her as she looked to him. What is the name of my comrade? She inquired companionably, worlds different than she was but moments ago; he was friend, after all, not foe. She had heard two Nightwalkers join the fray against the other, though she did not yet know if the stranger, Sarah, had fled too; to stay and fight was utterly pointless against so great a number. It could easily be a fatal error. Hydra herself had no idea that Sarah was from the Hollow—given she had both never met her, and Hydra had not rounded around her to catch any telling scents as she had with Merrit. 

I thank you for fighting with us; my children are growing still. Is the food scarce where you have come from...? She inquired, ears swiveling. That would explain strangers lurking; Moonspear and the Nightwalkers could now be aware of why, at least.