Hideaway Strath all of us speak with different tongues

Eirlys does not prove herself as competition over the bone as she seems more preoccupied with biting Ceannasach’s tail and though this gives Roarke some reprieve he suspects Mallaidh will not be distracted so easily; and he is proven right. His head hovers possessively over the bone — despite that he has initiated playful spar! — watching his elder sister out of the corner of his eye. His lips tremble with in a silent warning and curl back to expose his sharp milk teeth. Her tail wags and his head lowers, lips pressing against the bone, every muscle in his body taunt with anticipation. And then she lunges! He tries to snatch the bone but drops it in his haste and has already flung himself away from it when Mallaidh lands. No! The snarl that tears from his lips is but a pale imitation of what it will become as he grows but it is effective way to communicate quickly and let his displeasure be known. Quickly, he scrambles to try and correct his mistake for the possibility that he may have already lost his prize to his eldest littermate has yet to occur to him.