The villagers kept throwing stones toward Shadow, some even making contact but he wasn't too bothered by them, but then they started throwing them around Maria on the ground. Yelling about the monster trying to bring disease into the village with the red cloaked one.
The crowd was growing now as others joined, some brandishing pitchforks and other sharp objects and started to slowly advance into the thick snow toward them.
When it was very clear they had no intention of helping Maria, Shadow darted forward and skidded in the snow in front of her to block the stones from hitting her.