Haunted Wood the greater cause

murderers, he says, and her face contorts in a noiseless snarl.  the wolves of her mountain had done what they had to, but never senselessly.  she would keep an ear to the ground, for her own safety if nothing else.

there was no time to think it over.  she offers the stranger a curt nod.  crouching low, she steps to the side where there is more coverage to hide her large figure.  as she does so, one of her paws cracks a branch in half, where it was hidden beneath a pile of leaves.

it takes both the woman and the deer by surprise.  the deer to bolts, but she does so towards germanicus.