Stone Circle Back again...

He was successful in bringing the intruder to the ground, and onto her back. He growled in her face, his hackles raised and the rest of his fur bristling. He was large enough as it was, and this only made him appear that much bigger. He hoped that worked in his favor. He held back his instinct to rip her throat out. He felt he would have been fully justified, but the quick flash of Keoni's face in his mind stopped him. He didn't want to be a murderer. 

His eyes focused, and it was in that moment he was desperately thankful he had the will to stop himself. His expression changed from anger to awe. Mara Susi? he asked, dumbfounded as to how his old pack mate had just ended up beneath him. He was so shocked that he didn't realized he remained pinning her to the ground.