Ocean's Breath Plateau rosmarus

the creature died.

it could not even scream, though it tried to, and all sulukinak could hear was the strangle of the wolf's jaws.

the man throttled the thing until it would not move again. as he paced, sulukinak moved with frenetic energy around the body of it, alert as if it might strike or rise; but when it didn't, she turned her attention to the man—then to the herd as it retreated further from the two wolves.

her heart raced.