The Tangle la mer

oh, no! if anything, her abrupt departure had only made things worse. with a snarl rising in her throat, Tahani turned and began to bear down on the cat with the other wolves, hoping that three-versus-one odds would persuade the predator to leave.

that's all she wanted to do, after all--leave. she would not do so until they successfully drove the creature away. even during the fight, she felt sheepish about the mistakes she had made to set this whole thing in motion.