Dawnlark Plains ranger

Her abandonment of the carcass is important.

as She approaches him, kukuvrak tenses but he is not afraid of any woman, he had learned as much from his sister. the touch of the woman earns a new rumble, and as She draws their bodies together to mingle scents, he goes a step farther—reaching to grab for her neck, her face, her snout; clipping with his teeth, possessive, staining her with the blotted blood that muddied his own face.

he grasps for the neck furs hastily above all, tugging at Her. marking Her with what he perceived as the mark of Sos.