Blackfeather Woods Blip

Every noise reverberated through the space, causing the woods around them to feel claustrophobic and sharp.  The rabbit hit the carpet of snow with a cracking thud, and reactively she took a quick leap backwards as the man blinked dumbly at her.  Her legs trembled beneath her as her face remained pointed towards the sky, the girl transfixed by what had just happened.

The pale man stepped in front of Puffin and her chest squeezed as an image of her father flashed through her mind.  She was so far away from home now that if she died, she wasn't sure anyone would ever be able to tell her family.  She couldn't let that happen.  And she was sure that this stranger wouldn't let it happen either.

She finally looked him in the eye and swallowed past her fear.  Um ... she trailed off, cleared her throat.  Yeah, I did.  A breeze began to pick up from the direction of the light and the hair on the back of her neck raised.  What do you think it was?