The world was pain.
It was the secret Lis had learned early. The powerful consumed the weak to grow even stronger. It was a fact of life you had to accept or die.
She had watched her father get slaughtered for protecting her mother and her. Her mother then had to do things to let them survive but Lis never fully understood them.
Eventually, however, something went wrong. Her mother became very sick and told her to leave. Lis got everything and simply ran into the wild. The last few months had been terrifying but then she saw the boys.
They had been toying with the hurt fox as it stood guard over its child. It was like something snapped in her. She moved faster than she ever had before as she snatched up the tiny fox. The wounded fox was not happy until their eyes locked.
Something passed between them and it went wild at the boys who ripped it apart. Lis tried to run but she had hurt something in her body as the boys caught up too fast.
