Myra maintained silence after the horn went off, signaling the end of the hunt.
She had to remain calm and super-observant of her surroundings.
So she did not mind too much that the Professor was quiet and kept his distance from her as their team walked out of the woods, two paid helpers of the Quills pushing their kills in a cart.
The man only distracted and clouded her mind anyway, and that was the last thing she wanted.
Even now, she was putting great effort into stuffing out her fury towards him just so she could think.
As they neared the edge of the wood, she started to hear the chatty, excited voices of all the other people.
She braced herself as the two helpers who were straining under the weight of the kills stepped out first.
She heard the silence fall, and then they all
