The Heartwood busted teeth

She felt the pinch as his teeth found their mark on the loose skin of her neck, and she immediately twisted away from it. Three paws landed square on the ground, but the other was still tangled up over his back and their proximity was too close to pull it away. Akantha pivoted her rear away from him, trying to twist his neck around to the point of pain so that he might release her. A gutteral roar erupted from her open mouth and she snapped her teeth together near his ear, missing the soft flesh by a hair's breath.