"That's the most fun I've had all week!" Howie raised his bottle of beer. "To the pool shark!"
Grinning, the other men raised their bottles in a boozy toast. "The pool shark!"
Howie drained his beer, then got to his feet. "Gonna take a leak."
Accompanied by derisive hoots and hollers, he staggered away from the campfire and into the trees where he was suddenly yanked off his feet and slammed up against a handy tree trunk.
The pain sobered him up fast, as did the knife at his throat and the angry growl.
"Where's my brother, you boneheaded fuck!"