Duskfire Glacier [Plot] the big bad wolf

Being vague about Hassun's condition because I'm not sure how his thread with Malachai will end up. But this is for @Jokull and any pups! Once the kids have had a few rounds in, adults can come and chase Hassun off.

He'd found the holy grail, the one thing that would surely drive away these invasive hounds. It was rooted in the earth, sheltered by the forest - hardly a few hours away from where Hassun had discovered the red-backed wolf in the first place. The den. Really, he should've gone straight for that. It was heavily marked, after all. Not a hard place to find.

What made it a difficult target was the obvious: the wolves were always around. The red bitch, a big silver beast, a yellow-faced giant, always something to impede Hassun's advance. But he had been patient. Patience was one of his strengths, far outreaching his foolish brother's habit of using brute force and stupidity.

He had waited, watched, and planned. And now, with the afternoon light reaching between the trees and urging the children out of their protective hovel, Hassun knew he had the perfect opportunity. The lynx slipped down from his roost - a tangled mess of thick branches with a gnarled trunk - and landed firmly among the ferns. From his hiding spot he could see at least one small body moving through the grove, and that recognition caused a wave of sadistic want to rise up in his heart.