Duskfire Glacier revengeance

Veteran mimicked her in that horribly obnoxious way that only brothers can manage, whining, "Big talk for a big bitch." The word baby had been substituted, of course, for one of those Bad Words that he would have been skinned alive for saying in front of Mom. He fought the urge to look over his shoulder for his mother. 

Makatza shot at him, initiating the fight that Veteran had come to pick. Even though this was what he had wanted, he hadn't quite expected her to meet him with such a quick burst of viciousness right out of the gate. 

He dipped his maw against her flashing teeth and ducked, so that her bite tore upward along his forehead and crown. Her teeth meeting his skull was jarring, as was the pain that laced down from the bite. Veteran pinned his ears, hoping to keep them away from the snapping jaws of his least-favorite sister, but he would have to act quickly if he hoped to keep her at bay. 

When she had lunged upward, she had exposed her underside, and Veteran made a wild grab for her throat. Unfortunately he undershot the lunge, and his teeth headed directly-- but also rather uselessly-- toward her chest, an area of her body that was well-protected by a padding of fur.