Why, he had almost had his hand on the beast.

The strain on the beast had not been a light one.

She sat dead still, her attention fixed on the approaching beast.

His next shot on the charging beast was an inch lower than the last one.

"And he pulled the side of the mountain down on the beast, killing it!"

Her eyes were on the beast, now lying dead in the snow.

She took pity on the poor beast, then called the police.

This was the only vulnerable point on the beast, and it died immediately.

I finally stopped it by sneaking up on the beast from the other direction.

Why had he not tried the stunner on the beast?