Ravensblood Forest Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

Knowing the badger would lay down and die in moments, Pied began to trot back toward Pump, who loped forward to meet her. When they met in the middle, the young piebald wolf sniffed noses with her odd-looking pack mate, then gently licked at her wound to clean it of blood. When she withdrew, she gave Pump a look as if to ask, There, is that better?

A gray ear swiveled backward in response to the sound of the badger's last gasping breaths. "Lunch is served," she quipped smugly, motioning for Pump to follow her as she galloped back to the badger, which now lay still on the cold ground. She lowered her head to nudge the still-warm carcass, then latched onto it with her teeth and began to tear into it with muted growls.