snow-leopardess

— “And she placed a yellow snake at your feet!” sneered Gutchlug. “Prince Sanang, tell me, what man or what devil in all the chronicles of the past has ever tamed a Snow-Leopard?” And he continued to hone his yataghan. / “Gutchlug⸺” / “No, she dies,” said the other tranquilly. / “Not yet!” / “When, then?” / “Gutchlug, thou knowest me. Hear my pledge! At her first gesture toward treachery—her first thought of betrayal—I myself will end it all.” / “You promise to slay this young snow-leopardess?”