Blacktail Deer Plateau dig up your mother, chew on her bones

Perhaps because he wasn't in the best state of mind, Peregrine didn't quite understand the connection Pura was trying to make. His face puckered quizzically for a moment before he eventually cottoned on to the boy's meaning. "Saēna? Yes, Saēna's sacred. You and I are sacred too, Pura," he added. "All of us here, alive or dead, are sacred."

Wordlessly, the Alpha male motioned for Pura to help him dig. Peregrine intended to do the lion's share—not only because he was larger and stronger but because he wanted to finish this task as quickly as possible—and he hunkered beside Pura, rump in the air and forelegs churning the earth to reopen the hole and, eventually, recover the exhumed remains.