Hidden Lair

That damned forest was a meaningless labyrinth of trees, branches, bushes, brambles, roots... we advanced one step at a time with great difficulty and enormous slowness.
Then we came to a small, quiet river, and there, near the rocks from which it flowed, we saw the entrance to a cave.
Footprints and remains of past meals were everywhere.
as our prey, hoping not to have to become prey ourselves