The young cougar's eyes flitted between the two wolves, her posture tense as she began trying to back away with a low, warning croon at the same time Lucius mirrored Creole in stepping forward at her, snarl-barking alongside his Sire.
Lucius feigned a full lunge at the mountain cat, gnashing his teeth with a vicious noise.
The yearling feline reacted in turn, letting out a yowling hiss as she mirrored him briefly, swiping at the boy's face with unsheathed claws.
The young puma's instincts screeched to run, and that is what she then attempted to do - coiling herself to turn tail and attempt to put space between herself and the territorial dogs.
Success