Not werewolves, she thinks, reflexively. Ridiculous that the thought ever occurred to her-- since of course that's what happened. She thought, what could possibly have done this, and her mental image of the wide-eyed woman lying on the table said a werewolf!. And she'd written inconclusive, because werewolves are no more real than ghosts.

"Blood loss," she says automatically. "And shock didn't help. If you've read the report you already know how extensive the antemortem wounds were; I'd say the damage to the tendons in her left leg left her immobile. Even if her carotid artery hadn't been severed, I suspect she would have bled out in minutes."

But it's not what he means, she knows. Still, it's the correct answer; the best one she can give him.

"The wounds themselves... I'd say some kind of animal attack. I did say, in fact, in my report. And that the type of animal was not possible to determine."