Hideaway Strath Connor The Explorer

Her brother's call went unheard and thus unheeded, unfortunately for the stranger wandering in their midst. The patrolling mercenary saw him as he made his way through the pass and into the inner sanctum of the grove. Towhee's lips skinned back from her teeth as she charged in his direction. At first, passerby had been tolerated. But now Asterism Grove was fairly established and Towhee's leniency with visitors was gone. This was a trespasser and he would be dealt with accordingly.

She closed in on the large, muscular stranger, showing no signs of stopping as a wrathful snarl wrenched loose from her wrinkled muzzle.