Moonspear Alone unless you wanna come along

there was something so pure about play; a primal focus came to light in the boy, who doggedly matched each of his playmate's moves tit-for-tat -- up until she put her entire weight up against him.

arcturus lost hold of the stick, which wrenched out of his jaws with a mighty force that might have chipped a tooth or two. it was painful, but that pain oddly fueled his interest in regaining whatever purchase he could on the chewed-up branch. with a determined growl he lunged after the bounding she-wolf, instinctively attempting to keep his body to hers while he reached for branch, so that he could deny her any attempt to gather speed and evade him.