Iris backed off, her gaze shifting toward Riven, who was growling deeply, his fur bristling as he bared his large, sharp teeth.
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If Onyx took the signal to attack, not only would she get hurt, but the whole patrol would be at risk. Iris was a skilled fighter, but she could never bring herself to attack her family—well, unless it was Onyx
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But Riven? He didn’t care about any of those foxes standing infront of him right now. All he knew was that they were judging and threatening him and his “friend.” He could tear the patrol to pieces, finishing with only a few deep or shallow wounds. But then again, maybe it would go the other way? The patrol—every fox, even the smaller ones—looked healthy and muscular. Maybe they could defeat even a dire wolf. There were about fourteen to sixteen of them.
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“All of you take care of the overgrown dog,” Onyx sneered, his lips curling into an ugly, toothy grin. “I’ll take care of the white mouse.”
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To Iris surprise, the whole patrol, besides Onyx, immediately followed his orders. Without a moment’s of hesitation, they lunged at the dire wolf, teeth and claws flashing the winter air.
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Riven snarled, his massive frame swiping at the attacking foxes, his jaws snapping in defense. Iris barely registered the craziness of the fight as her eyes were locked on Riven’s battle with the patrol.
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She was too distracted, watching the fight between the trained, healthy, and strong foxes and one massive, healthy wolf, to notice Onyx’s movements.
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in an instant, Onyx lunged toward’s her, claws outstretched and teeth bared in a vicious snarl. Iris’s heart skipped a beat. When she finally turned her head, it was WAY too late.
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Onyx’s weight crashed into her, sending her sprawling to the ground. His claws raked across her side and she yelped in pain, trying to twist free from his grip.
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“You always were weak, Iris,” Onyx growled in her ear, his breath hot against her white fur. “This is where you finally fit in, beaten.”
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Her head spun from the blow, and she could fe the blood seeping from her side. Panic surged through her— she couldn’t afford to lose this fight, not now.
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With a burst of energy, Iris kicked her legs and managed to knock Onyx off of her, scrambling to her paws. She darted backwards, her heart racing.
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But Onyx was already back on his paws , leering at her. “Not so fast, little fox.”
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She barely had time to react as Onyx charged again, and Iris’s mind raced... Riven was he okay? Wait.. but again—why did she care..?
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In the midst of chaos, Iris saw Riven—bloodied but not beaten—fighting off a group of foxes, his strength and size overpowering most of them. She knew he wouldn’t back down. But would she be able to survive this fight and escape with him..?
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The moment of hesitation was enough. Onyx lunged once more, claws aimed for her throat, but Iris ducked just in time, missing the strike by an inch, a tuft of her fur falling off.
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Onyx hissed something, but Iris didn’t stop to listen, she had to get Riven and leave, quickly. But how was she supposed to help Riven? He was surround by sixteen foxes, well now probably ten, some of them retreated. But somehow he seemed to be getting or was badly wounded and he couldn’t hold on forever.
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Iris wanted to look and see if he was okay, but she couldn’t make that mistake again, if she looked away, Onyx would take his chance and lunge again, and maybe have a success this time.
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The white fox wrinkled her nose at the smell, the scent of blood was growing stronger by the second, she glanced down at her wounds quickly, parts of her fur were missing and she was bleeding on her sides, there was a shallow cut on her neck too.. but none of them seemed too bad, the worse one was probably her sides, which seemed a few inches deep on each.. it would probably be a bit hard to walk.
Her gaze switched off her wounds towards the taller, black-furred fox. “Onyx, please.. this is too much.. why are you doing this? Why are you so mad?!”
Onyx stared coolly at her. “Why am I so mad?” He chuckled softly, sending chills down her spine. “You ruined everything for me, everything!” He took a deep breath, he wasn’t looking at Iris anymore, but his own paws. “But everything is going as planned, you took the bait, your to mouse-brained to know not to stick your nose in everything, and I took that in advantage, lead that dumb bear to our territory, got a little hurt by the dumb mom, but who cares! Everything worked out, I wasn’t expecting you to lead the bear to camp, just for you to find it and for me to get a patrol to watch you, making it look like you lead it in our territory on purpose.. but I couldn’t get one in time, so when I realized you brought the bear to camp!”
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Onyx chuckled. “I told everyone: “When we were hunting, Iris said it’s easier if we spilt up, I wasn’t sure about this.. and got suspicious, so I followed her, turns out she was leading a bear to our territory, and now she’s coming to our den with the bear!” The fox started laughing quietly to himself. “When you got back, well, you know—
everyone blamed you!”
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