The wolf and the mordecai [Arcoff ].

[FlowyWolf]

As the man behind him nodded with assent, Fanglil lowered his ears and crawled toward were he thought that delicious smell could come, when suddenly a stronger scent irrupted in his nostrils.

"This..." sniffing the air frantically, he filled his lung with that sharp scent. "This is blood!".
Fanglil's eyes were covered by a sudden cloud of concern, he didn't expect to sniff such a smell. Who was bleeding, and moreover, why?

His sixth sense was screaming in panic, yet Fanglil decided to follow that scent raising his ears to grasp even the feeblest noise in the forest.
But all was noiseless, the snow around them covered even the sounds of the scrub, all was silent and motionless.

All but the air around them. The smell was strong, they were close to the bleeding being, and as Fanglil took another few steps, he finally saw some bloody spot behind a tree.

Standing still for a moment, just to be sure no one else was there, he pointed at the tree with his nose and whispered to Arken:
"Be ready, there's something behind there."

[Arcoff]

As soon as arken saw the bloody tree he pointed his arrow and started flanking he tree, trying to get another angle of attack in case something came rushing out. As soon as he got into position he fixed his eyes on Fanglil, ready to move in in unison with the wolf.

[FlowyWolf]

The blood's scent was stronger than ever, so that Fanglil couldn't smell anything else.
But one thing was sure, whoever was bleeding, he was behind that low snow's mound.

Fanglil saw Arken moving and he instantly understood what his plan was; the man was right, it was better to pop out from different spots.
Therefore, once the wolf had reached his spot, body to the ground, his muscles tensed and ready to spring into action, he glanced back at Arken, asking silently if he was ready to find out what was happening there.

[Arcoff]

When he say fanglil get into position and look back at him he nooded once and befan mouthing a silent countdown, as soon as he finished he sprang into action hoping to catch whatever was behind the tree bu surprise.

[FlowyWolf]

The same moment Fanglil saw his friend jumping out from his hiding place, he did the same, jumping over the little mound.

When he landed, grinding his jaws fiercely and ready to attack, he however had a nasty surprise.

"What... what's going on here, why there's only a deer's leg?". Fanglil stared worried at his friend, lost, hoping his shrewdness could manage to explain what was going on there.

He couldn't understand what was going on, but one thing he knew for sure. Something bad was going to happen.

[Arcoff]

As soon as arken jumped out only to find a deer leg he turned around, eyes darting " look alive, the blood is still fresh, whatever killed it cant be far off and im not sure we want to meet it, lets try to get back to the road, at least there we can see if anything is coming" As he finished he began moving towards the road, bow at the ready, eyes and ears open tk any noise or movement.

[FlowyWolf]

Arken's idea wasn't bad at all, Fanglil quickly understood it.
He was right, the blood was still fresh and, moreover, it seemed as if the poor deer had been killed and devoured the whole body except his tiny leg. The wolf couldn't see if there were some bones around there, but he wasn't too eager to get close to it and search for them.

Yes, Fanglil was sure enough not to desire to meet whatever kind of monster could have done such a mess.

When he started walking quickly behind Arken, however, his careful ears suddenly heard a terrifying growl, and then a lament, or maybe a yelp, he couldn't understand it.
The monster was even closer than he feared, but what was worse, was that he was trying to kill someone else.

Fanglil froze, terrified; he couldn't imagine what kind of monster they could have fought against, but he couldn't simply walk away, letting him kill someone else. What if he was killing another human being, or maybe even a wolf? And moreover, what kind of monster could it be?

Hitting Arken's leg with his snout, he looked in his eyes for a moment, trying to find any advice inside those dark globes; he hadn't the courage to ask him that troublesome question.

[Arcoff]

When the snout touched his leg and he saw fanglils eyes he knew he had made the right choice trusting his new friend. He grinned as he noded once to the wolf  "let's go" running head first into the brush, bow and arrow ready to protect whatever was being attacked.

[FlowyWolf]

Fanglil was happy to hear those words, even if he was scared too.
He didn't know what they would have found beneath there, but when he heard again what he finally recognized as a yelp, he run quickly toward the fight.

But when his eyes passed the mound in front of them, finally seeing who was their enemy, he froze in an instant, terrified.

A giant, fierce, dark grey bear, taller than Fanglil and Arken together, loomed onto a devastated wolf.
It wasn't a normal bear, Fanglil had never seen nothing like that before. Its eyes were red as the blood his fur was smudged by, and so its sharp, deadly claws, almost as long as a human's hand. Its pointy jaws were dripping the wolf's blood, tasting it eagerly with its tongue.

The wolf under him couldn't even move just a single leg, his hip was bleeding copiously, filling his white fur with all the blood he had in his body, and his eyes were almost closed; yet, Fanglil couldn't move, as frightened as he was. He couldn't do anything but stare horrified what remained of another wolf near there.
He had been devoured as the deer they found before, but this time, the monster hadn't eaten him yet; he had just tear apart his poor dead body.

Then, finally noticing his new prey, the monster growled fiercely, ready to take another wolf's life.