blindsided

The growl came again, harsher this time. Star could not waste time growling back and forth with this stranger. She stepped forward a bit further, but not fat enough for her to see him yet or him to see her. The figure though was now clearer, and it appeared not to be just any canine, but another wolf. She let out a snarl, which was fiercer than growl. It was a soft snarl though, a warning. "What do you want?" She asked. This was, of course, not her territory. But he had started the growling at her first. Star usually did not approach wolves in a hostile manner if they were strangers to her. But if he was gonna start growling at her than she would snarl back.