Bramblepoint Like A Bear From Slumber

The stranger’s discomfiture continued and Towhee had to quell the urge to snort. Although she’d technically interrupted Towhee’s hunt, she shook her head in response to the latter question.

This is no man’s land, though I was— Her voice cut off as her teeth sank into her tongue in the same instant she noticed a flash of movement out of the corner of her eye.

She turned toward it, hackles bristling a little. Now she would be outnumbered by strangers. But as the figure came closer, she realized she actually knew him... Barely, Towhee thought, orange gaze tracking his approach.