The King would not hear any defense now. Mair was gone.
her paws felt fuzzy and the world spun out.

Dust kicked up into the air as her legs scrabbled to keep her upright when the sensation of the world tilting brought her back to her senses. Despite her best efforts she slumped to the ground dropping the doe she'd been dragging up the mountain with her.... she'd fallen asleep on her paws. Laying there with a weary sigh she went over the current circumstances of her existence: Mair wasn't anywhere she was supposed to be, food had taken her a week to catch with her last meal having been days before that and the tall broad was leaner than she'd been since adolescence. Sleep wasn't a luxury that had been permitted either for as soon as the sun had risen it was evident the Princess had left and in her rage she'd been quick to follow suit hunting diligently for her ward, panicked and feeling scorned running and sniffing through forest, valley and fields. The plan was to cover the eastern part of the mountains using a trick she'd learned from her Tutor in the pack, The rising sun was East and to the Left was North and the south to your right. At Sunset she'd make note of where the west was and push herself to continue traveling throughout the night only allowing herself to catch a few hours of sleep out in the open where she sunrise would wake her as it broke the darkness. Her life was over at this rate anyway if she didn't find Mair.

The wind parted the peppered fur along her spine and she grit her teeth which threatened to chatter and cause her to drop the prey which had begun to slide a few feet at a time on the cold ground easing her progress up the slope toward the shelter of the cavern. Knowing she was close filled her with renewed energy and she pulled, tugged and dragged backwards for a good few minutes longer before her eyes raised past the body of her prey landing on a massive white bear. Her mouth opened allowing the doe to flop unceremoniously back down to the ground and the sound of it's skull smacking the frost hardened dirt brought her back to her senses.
It had been so long since she'd had food.
She needed to eat.
"I'll fight for this if you try to steal it....take whichever half of her you want...just let me eat" 
The words flew from her mouth and she hated herself for it. Mair wouldn't have anything left but she was starving and desperate to survive without the fog of exhaustion and hunger making her travels slow and sloppy. It was a weak attempt at a threat and she figured the creature would laugh...half a doe? When it could just slap her down the mountainside with one strike of it's massive claws? Even so she stood up taller over the doe waiting for a reply if she was to even get one trying to make it at least look like she'd put up a fight if he tried to take it all.