Chapter 105

It happens so fast, like something inside me snaps and takes over, and I move in a flash, somehow ending up wrapped around the upper front of that smelly, panting beast, rolling across the basin floor and crashing into fallen logs and rocks. Its claws and paws bashing down on me, except it doesn’t feel of anything much because of my surge of adrenaline, and I latch onto its neck with my teeth, biting hard until I taste salty, metallic blood running into the back of my throat. Digging my claws in where I can get them. My mind is on one thing only: to maim and hold my own until I come out on the other side of this, no matter how long it takes. Strangely focused, entirely in control, and yet fighting back with a fierce I never knew I had in me. It hollers dislodges me with a well-placed swipe across my head and side with its massive paw, claws digging into my skin and ripping as blood sprays across the landscape, sending me rolling across the debris. The pain is like a distant dream and h