Ouroboros Spine [Moose Herding Quest?]

What came to him, he deserved, for at the very moment he opened his mouth, Ptarmigan threw herself at him.

It was true she was a terrible fighter, and had no business challenging larger wolves than herself. In that moment, however, she had given him one last warning and he had pushed her. He had insulted her without cause and continued to do, and it was the last straw for her. She may have done a lot of things, but she had done nothing to deserve the treatment she got, at least in her own mind, and she wasn't putting up with it any more.

She slammed into him, her smaller body light against his own, and adopted the same nimble tactics she'd used against Cara. She'd killed one Alpha and unseated another, and was overly confident about her chances here. His blows rained down on her, but she was smaller and had that advantage—reaching her vital spots would be incredibly difficult for him. She arched her own snout quickly up, slashing with furious fangs for something tender to rip from his body in the same instant his teeth raked across the top of her head.