Chapter 188

The beast's gaze remains locked onto her like a predator zeroing in on its prey, having sensed her about a few seconds ago. Or had it been longer - she had no idea. Panic surged through her veins, and when it looked like the creature began garnering enough energy to pounce, she immediately ripped her eyes away and broke into a sprint for it. Thrown back into the thick darkness the forest offered, she cut through the narrow spaces between the trees, and her pounding footsteps resumed echoing through the daunting forest. She looked back once, then twice, and after the third time, it seemed to become a habit as she continued to do so multiple times, nearly bashing her head against a particularly low branch once, only missing it by an inch but grazing her body roughly on the rough barks of the tree, her arm suffering more from the contact. Pain surges through the no-doubt scratched skin as she continues to run after only a brief stutter in her step. Suddenly, her foot caught on an unseen r