Close To Death

Khalan heard the sound from where he was sitting and he froze in place. He thought about many things under one second not knowing what to do. Life flashed before his eyes as he imagined Maureen being mauled and killed right in their house. Slowly, he stood up and from where was, he could see the fur of the beast. How had it traveled all the way from the woods to the residential area? Was it the only one out there? What was he going to do in tis situation? How was he going to save his wife.