Maggot tried to leap at Runt again when she dodged, but soon her paw was on his side. Maggot was so weak, he just flopped over and played dead, sticking out his tongue. Then he laughed and scrambled to his paws. Thinking of Felon and her serious training regimes, he suddenly felt embarrassed, and he laughed awkwardly. "I'm not exactly my sister... yet!"
"Aaaaaaaaah!" Phoenix was howling in terror as he ran. At least his packmates would know where he was. "Aaaaaaaaahhhh!"
"Mom! Mom mom mom!" the horrified Alpha yelped as he stumbled into the camp. Churl had reached camp a few heartbeats ago, and was panting hard... that wasn't normal for him. Churl rarely got tired.
Solara lashed her tail once, then went to her sons' side, standing protectively in front of the wounded teenagers. The giant of a wolf didn't demand an explanation, simply made a threatening rumble deep in her throat.
"We were attacked by Brook!" Phoenix wailed, collapsing onto his belly. "Oh my gosh... oh my gosh... I think we lost her. It was so scary, mom, she almost killed me! Her eyes, ears, and nose must be really bad. She can't attack someone who's not right in front of her, and she almost attacked a bush..." he was rambling, talking extremely fast in his panic.
"Did she bite any of you?" Solara asked, once Phoenix stopped to catch his breath.
Phoenix just lay there, sobbing intermittently. Solara turned her head to look at Churl. Slowly, the black sentinel moved to reveal a bloody mark on his foreleg. It looked like Brook's fangs had just nicked his leg slightly.
"Oh my gosh oh my gosh I'm going back to my den." Whimpering, Phoenix dragged himself into the Alphas' den, and curled up. He didn't even know if Brook had bitten him, he was so terrified. His mother was probably going to kill him in his sleep. But he would come back, Churl wouldn't. It looked like just a scratch, but Phoenix knew Solara's policy.