[i]The dog growled angrily, tucking low over its master, ready to lunge at a moment's notice. The woman on the ground looked to be in her early twenties at most. A gash crossed her stomach from the bottom of her chest to her pelvis, and her legs and arms bore several lacerations as well, blood running into the mud and water. Her face looked rough, a black eye, bloodied nose, and a cut across her check. That was only what he could see, and she quite possibly could have had more injuries. [/i]