dart one's head in direction

[Topstudent]

A deer is grazing at the edge of the clearing. It suddenly darts its head in direction of the house. A moment later, the front door opens and Jeff comes out.

I wrote this. Is 'darts' appropriate here? And is the sentence okay in this context?

 

[5jj]

It seems OK to me.

 

[Barque]

You need "the" before "direction".

 

[5jj]

Oops. I missed that.