Kintla Flatlands Sound the bugle

She seemed to make a point of displaying her boredom, which brought about the desired effect: it riled him. Peregrine, however, could not bring himself to instigate an attack against a she-wolf. It went against his nature and instincts, particularly considering his close relationship with his mother and, even more significantly, his sister.

The thought of Osprey sent a knife of pain through his belly and suddenly the fight left him, leaking out of him like air out of a punctured tire. "I'm fucked," he muttered ironically, as if responding to her introduction. He said it so quietly she probably wouldn't hear (especially since she was partially deaf, which he didn't even know).

"Hawkeye," he repeated after a long stretch of silence, the name coming out sullenly but without malice. "Perry," he finally shared his name reluctantly, then fell silent. He had nothing else to say and he was beginning to retreat back into his glass case of emotion icy shell.