The ground beneath Gaelen's feet shook as the beast thundered towards him.

As the beast thundered toward him, Xavier jumped to one side and slashed the sharp knife across its throat, opening jugular and carotid vessels.

With a loud snort, a huge beast burst from the rhododendron thickets and thundered across their path.

The beast thundered toward the villagers, and they screamed and parted before it; soldiers and Voice alike were caught unaware, and not one of them raised a weapon in time to stop the flight.

On the great beast thundered, blundering in blind wrath through pool and thicket.

A moment more and the great beast had thundered by, taking no further notice of them.