Redtail Rise Obey your master

He saw an entirely unexpected flash of red out of the corner of his eye and then Atreus found his feet swept out from underneath him. The impact knocked the wind out of him, choking off his cry of surprise. Soon after that, his assailant literally throttled him, the sharp points of teeth digging brutally into the exposed side of his throat.

His attacker made no sound, though someone did. Atreus registered a snarl coming from a few feet away even as he began to struggle for his life, his entire body twitching and writhing. His forepaws struck relentlessly at his would-be killer’s face, his toenails digging into any flesh he could reach. His hind legs kicked too, though they hit nothing but empty air.

He let out a strangled gasp when she—a small wolf, he saw as she backed away from him—released him and then spun out of his view. Atreus’s eyes rolled in his head as he lay limp in the summer grass, trying to catch his breath.