Analyzing The Narrator's Loch Raven

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The stars sparkled like jewels against the June sky as the werewolf maneuvered down the grassy cliff behind his stately home in Cockeysville, Maryland. In the dark distance, he heard vehicles moving along the road in front of his house. Not at all concerned with them, his focus instinctively drew him to the heavily wooded area of the Loch Raven Reservoir. Once there, he prowled the dense woods under the light of the full moon. Moving deeper into the park, the sound of rushing water somewhat impaired his hearing, but his new sense of smell took control, honing him in on the mark almost one hundred yards in the distance. Displaying a vicious snarl through his tightly clenched teeth, his piercing amber Locking in on the target with keen intensity,

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