Blacktail Deer Plateau Room Service

With a sigh, Koda shook his head. Junior had decided she didn't want to co-operate with him, and he didn't have the patience to argue with a whiny teenager. He glanced at Finley, silently asking the she-wolf for help. He was a typical male, he had no problem facing down a charging elk, but he balked when it came to dealing with children.

He decided he would try offering a compromise. "Tell you what, if you eat that for me, I'll help you find a puddle to splash in," he told the girl.