~Elvira~The gray wolf, the leader of the group, snapped his jaws and took a step forward. I lunged first. If the circle closed completely, death was guaranteed.I drove straight at a smaller, wire-haired brown wolf to my right, my shoulder slammed into his chest, knocking him flat into the dirt, and I sank my teeth into his front leg, he let out a sharp yelp as blood, bitter and metallic, burst onto my tongue.A weight crashed into my side.The gray leader slammed his paws into my ribs, driving me into the rough forest floor, the impact knocked the wind from my lungs, Val’s survival instincts took over, I scrambled on my back, kicking out with my hind legs until my claws caught his soft underbelly. He snarled and pulled back, giving me space to twist out from under him and spring back to my feet.The other three wolves closed in, snapping at my flanks, I whirled around and slashed my claws across the muzzle of a dark black wolf, forcing him back. But the math was against me. E
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