Bearclaw Valley tamerlane

before her the bull thundered, its strong limbs punching through snow cover.

out of her peripherals she saw her daughter, merrick, and averna -- one blow landed, then another -- coercing the bull forward.

he came at a pace frighteningly fast -- his limbs were longer, stronger even, than her own -- slowed down by the snow, astara was struck by a mighty pass of the bull's horns.

pain throttled her senses but she staggered from the snow, pale white dusting her hips and backside. the bull thundered on past, with a cavalry of wolves besieging him. astara stiffly pursued, a throbbing in her hips with each step.