Tripping headfirst over your feet

Perhaps it was self-sabotage or maybe she really was just that arrogant that she let him get within striking range. Teeth clamped over her scruff and she angled her head to bite at his shoulder, the edge of her teeth catching in fur and loose skin. It would hardly be more than a pinch, but it was all she could reach with his teeth on the back of her neck like this.

His words shouldn't have affected her the way they did. Lost in a sea of siblings, she very much doubted her father had intentions to marry her off when there were much more... amicable options on hand. She snorted, "I'd only be married off as a curse,". Ame, her fox, darted in to grab a hold of an ankle and she realised the fox needed just as much practice as she did. She threw her weight into her shoulder, trying to break free of Bjorn's hold.

"speech"