and as he stood in the cold , he was hot from his temper , and so much else : as that sack of excrement on two legs had escorted her to her car , and had the insanity to kiss her , assail had been confronted anew by two choices : track the man into the night and follow through on all that throat tearing , or wait until the human left , and ... something deep inside of him had made up his mind : he had been incapable of leaving her .