Big Salmon Lake With our eyes wide open

Sharp needles met her thick throat. The woman quickly advanced and bawled the shadow over with a  sweep. Surely she'd be unbalanced from the reach.
She flasher her own teeth down to the girl, letting them just brush the fur of the shadow.

She took a dancing step back and took a shuddering breath, ridding herself of those thoughts of past. It was done. This was now; now was what mattered. She circled the shadow, readying for the next assault to besiege her body.