Neverwinter Forest miles outside of the eye of the storm

The moment of impact jarred him, but partially did its trick. In their collision Mordecai was glad that she hadn't come out of the forest to barrel at him then, otherwise the results may have been much more disastrous. Due to his surprise, he didn't pull away fast enough from her to send her careening off like a stumbling fool and he likewise found himself winded for a moment. But a moment couldn't wait with the reaction time that she had, and he almost didn't catch the turn of her head towards his nape.

So he tried to spring away then, wanting to clear some distance between them. There was little question in his mind he was going to feel the brunt of some of her teeth coming to meet him, and he could only hope that he would fully get away even for a moment. If bloodlust could have been smelled in that air, it would have no doubt been rolling off of her and the swiftness of that tactic — a tactic in which Mordecai did not want to be at the receiving end of.