Ocean's Breath Plateau tigumiak

heph moved into a run and chakliux held back if only for a moment to appreciate her rangy, powerful lines. and then he was with her, teeth cutting for the animal and pale body swerving to neatly separate it from the herd.
injured though it was, the panicked beast was still formidable. quickly aware it could not run to flee the wolves, it struck out first at heph, then toward chakliux, with knife-fronted forelegs and wild eyes.