Kildeer Rest pakstoka

heda was panting. three of her attacks had landed, but without the taller limbs and more powerful build of an older wolf, the snow was proving to be damning. as if recovering itself, the caribou tilted back its head and moved somewhat faster. 
instinct told the girl to stay with everything, but she was falling farther behind, and veteran's shouts turned her head. "dammit!" she swore, turning away from their quarry to return to where veteran had been swallowed by a thick drift.
the girl dug out the side of it as best she was able, shaking out her ruff and trying to carve a path away from the area with her own body.
"i can't reach," heda admitted when she had caught her breath. "do you want to try again?" the animal had stopped not far off, and she followed it with her golden eyes.