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THE SCENERY FLASHED by quickly as the low howl of a siren pursued the wolf. The alley walls blurred as he raced faster, picking up more speed.
Finally, getting within a few feet of the other, the wolf tensed and lunged, coming down with snapping fangs just shy of the other’s neck.
They rolled, paws entangled, snapping at each other, and broke free, standing to face one another.
The wolf snapped his jaws again at the other, grazing its mouth, its taste buds further infused with the human blood that coated the other’s maw.
There was a sudden squeal of tires and smell of burning rubber, and an accompanying, painfully bright glare of light.
The other bolted to the side and there was a deafening roar of gunfire through the alley.
Escaping, the other launched itself down the alley.
The wolf went to follow it when searing pain exploded in his back leg, accompanied by another gunshot roar.
Despite the ringing in the wolf’s ears and the white-hot pain in his leg, the wolf could still hear the mumbled moan from the human still sprawled among the garbage cans it had fallen into.
“No, not the nice doggie!”