Jade Fern Grove Turn Around Turn Around

The young man was quick to react to Esma's lunge and met her mid-way. In a failed attempt to change her course and duck, she crashed in him, felt his teeth graze her skin and then she fell on the frozen ground with a muffled thud. All of this lasted a second or two, but felt like an eternity.

She panicked, disentangled herself and scrambled away from him, eyes wide in utter fear, ears flattened against her skull. She crouched to the ground and her gaze darted from him.to her surroundings, her mind frantically trying to come up with a solution.