Teeth and Claws, Flesh and Blood

When Johan, Stray's brother starts having nightmares of a sinewy creature, the only thing she can think of to do is try to convince him the monster isn't real. The only problem with that plan, however, is that the monster is very much real.
And coming for both of them.

"As the sun crept down, further and further below the line where the sky met the earth, Stray waited. Her breaths came short, she knew there wouldn't be much time before she'd become food for the Jakra. So, maybe she wasn't sure whether or not they existed exactly, but that was exactly what she was here to find out. Just a small glimpse, of its apparently strikingly white teeth, and she'd dart all the way back home to her little brother to tell him she'd met the creature in his dreams, and managed to slay it after all. Of course, it wasn't as if this thing was real, she just hoped this would be enough to get him sleeping again."