Blacktail Deer Plateau you can run, but you can't hide

He rammed into her like a bull striking a lamb, causing her to roll over and over until eventually, she wound up on her feet again. This catlike grace, coupled with her tiny, fox-like features, gave him pause. In that brief moment of suspended animation, she faced him and spoke, applauding him on his skills as if she'd only urinated on his borderlands as some sort of test.

It was pretty clear she wasn't a threat—between her size and her present behavior, she didn't seem likely to harm a rabbit, much less a large wolf like Peregrine—but he didn't make nice with strangers very readily. In response to her words, Peregrine's black ears thrust forward and he growled, baring his teeth at her to show her how little he thought of her so-called approval.

"What are you, a representative from the Board of Proper Border Protocol?" he quipped very sarcastically, his dark eyes watching her every movement. He'd been ready to kill her a moment ago and, if she made so much as a single aggressive movement, Peregrine was certain he could send her into the next life with one well-aimed strike of tooth or claw.