At dawn of her wedding day, horsewoman Jacqueline Knoll leaves her sleeping fiancé to slip out for an early morning ride. Alone on the country road, she relishes the past year of her engagement, and anticipates a future which looks as open and welcoming as the terrain she travels with her Morgan horse, Fig.A sharp bend in the road leads to an unexpected encounter with a pack of savage beasts who do not share Jacqueline's spirit, or care at all for humanity . . . .