Cricket Creek Bog superficial

His ears lay flat, teeth again flashing as a warning. Towhee hadn't listened to him and had come away worse for wear. If she didn't take note of his stiff, tucked tail and soft rumble of warning, she'd come off worse.

He stood, guarding his sister defiantly.
He stood by her, looking at both women. In that moment, looking at both, one his mother one in liege with Redhawks -- not that he knew -- he trusted neither.
His mother put him and his sister in danger, this other woman was just dangerous.