She gasped, body shaking as she took two more steps away from him, "Wh-Why? After my years of service and devotion? You would distrust me and doubt my faithfulness and loyalty...!"
"I do not doubt that you were loyal." He growled. "However how can you explain your scent on the border nearest to the hotspring?" His footfalls were heavy, his noises low and feral.
The hotspring? How could she have forgotten she had bathed this morning? Was she that tired? She dropped to her knees and bowed as low as she could. "Please forgive me, my Lord! I-I...I left to bathe this morning...! It felt safe enough, and I wasn't fully awake...it slipped my mind!"
He let out a low snarl and pressed his foot a little harder, forcing her face down and flat against the rock bottom of the cave. "How many times must I remind you?"