Okana looked concerned, but her mate snarled. “It’s us or it, Selah, and we cannot afford it to slow us down.”

 The tiny new born Laichanan pup was left curled up to his slain mother's side, not knowing that she could not nourish him any longer.

Tired and hungry, the pup fell asleep as the other Laichanan silently slunk away from the clearing.