the head of shreveport 's werewolf pack , colonel flood , was sitting at a table with calvin norris , the leader of the small community of werepanthers who lived in and around hot shot , outside bon temps colonel flood , now retired from the air force , was sitting stiffly erect in a good suit , while calvin was wearing his own idea of party clothes - a western shirt , new jeans , cowboy boots , and a black cowboy hat .