Spotted Eagle Mountain little voice

he pounded after the two with a speed uncommon for his bulk, born of desperation and vengfulness. when the woman veered aside, taking with her shardul's coveted prize, he too turned sharply, but his alacrity was rather affected -- one silver shoulder struck the tree, and pain reverberated along the flesh there with the stab of a new bruise.

forced to slow for the moment, shardul watched the wolven pair retreat -- they would not escape him. leaping down the mountainside was no longer what he wished; the cat leapt for a ledge above him, wincing minutely, and began a quick, winding trek downward in an alternating line, following the natural descent of the outcroppings.