Redsand Canyon Silver screen (shower scene).

She had no idea what that word meant, though she was enjoying the spirit of this conversation too much and couldn’t resist exclaiming, I’m sorry, what did you just call me?

It came out so damn loud, it startled some nearby pheasants into flight. Towhee practically pissed herself in surprise, flinching into a crouch. They were so close to the birds—and they were so frantic—that one of them became snared in the shrubbery right next to the wolves’ heads.

In fact, the wing that wasn’t tangled beat Towhee right across the face, causing a cry of, I can’t believe you’ve done this, right before she attempted to clamp her teeth down on the feathery, flailing limb.