Blacktail Deer Plateau battle of the bewilderbeast

This one's for you, Uncle @Atticus! :)

After one too many solitary getaways, Peregrine decided it was time to bust out some punishment for his headstrong rule breaker. "Nu-uh," he drawled when Hawkeye gathered the pups for a morning hike, "you're in lock down for the day. And I mean the whole day," the Alpha male emphasized, giving Osprey Jr. a pointed look.

When she nonetheless attempted to tag along with her mother and siblings, the swarthy leader hobbled after her, collared her with his good leg and then forced her onto her back. Once she properly submitted, he backed off her and issued a deep warning growl, forbidding her from leaving his sight.

Now, Junior stormed around the rendezvous site, thrashing every inanimate object she came across. She savaged sticks with her teeth, gouged tree trunks with her claws and stalked in angry circles, her black fur prickling and her lips curled back from her teeth in a petulant snarl. She refused to go near her father, though she often favored him with a scathing look.

Young Osprey had loved her daddy with all her heart yesterday and would do so again tomorrow but today, right now, she hated her father.