Sleepy Fox Hollow Down the road

Anselm prayed his howl would reach the ears of @Wylla or @Mahler, and that they would arrive on swift feet to save them both. 

As he went to reach for Donnie to grab him and run, he slipped — in his panic he lost his balance and fell, suddenly in the worst position to be in before the face of a hungry predator. 

He would scramble to his feet as fast as possible, but there were harrowing seconds where he was inexplicably vulnerable.