Flight

Having been overwhelmed with panic, Bethan began to take flight into the woods and back toward her stranded car. As she ran through the dense foilage she could hear a guttural groaning coming from a few paces behind her. Determined not to look, she kept her gaze forward as the bracken whipped at her legs.

Bethan could feel her heart pounding against her chest as she made out the light at the edge of the forest. The wild groaning was lessening, instinctively she began to slow down. After a few more paces she looked behind and made out a shadowy figure slowly move back out into the undergrowth.

A relieved sigh slid from her lips as she cautiously moved back onto the barren patch and back toward the road. After a few steps, she heard a twig snap behind her and slowly increased her pace as she did so a series of timbre howls began to radiate around her. Bethan began to take flight once more.

With the edge of the forest in sight, Bethan knew her escape was near. Until a dark shadow loomed above her and engulfed the path before her. Exhaling nervously, she slowly turned around and let out a piercing scream at the sight of...