Big Salmon Lake chromosomes

Things happened all at once. Charon approached the scabby baddie, spitting insults in the face of its threats. Behati willed him to just lunge forward and take the creature out, afraid that the rat would get a few bites out of her if they waited any longer. He looked like he might risk death for just one taste. Above her head and then to her left, there was a screechy noise as a black bird swooped in to see what was going on. Behati stared at it, bewildered by the ridiculous question. "NO," she screeched back, lips pulled high above her teeth. "Peck that guy's eyes out!" The command wasn't accompanied by any clarifying gestures, but it was quite obvious which wolf was the villain here.