Chapter 16
From the three surgeons
They rode for what seemed like an hour to Adam, maybe longer. The hunter didn't speak. Adam became dizzy from hanging across the horse and his head hurt.
The scent of the deer girl's blood was very strong, and the longer their journey went on, the colder and colder the touch of her skin to his became.
At last they came to a long stone house in the woods. It was plain and unadorned, with narrow windows and a high roof. To one side was a large stable, and there the rider tied his horse. Other animals were here too. A deer stood in a pen chewing straw and blinking at the newcomers. There were chickens in a wire pen and rabbits in pens. Nearby, a fox clawed at the bars of its cage, its attention torn between the hunter and the tasty prey just out of reach
