The cold grew to be more deadly when all attention was on the creature with an ax and the human with a bow and quiver. The silence is nerve-wracking. Only the loud thumping sound of my heart filled my frozen ears.
I release a cloud of mist when I breathed out of my mouth to stop myself from my obvious shiver and dread. There were many gazes on me, but I decided to ignore them and caught the worrisome green orbs and the icy blue eyes instead.
But that was my mistake.
Catching me off-guard, Teros had wasted no time in attacking and had sent me flying with the impact of his arms shoving me far away through my stomach. The excruciating pain was quick to spread throughout my body, numbing my arms and legs and almost shutting my mind out completely.
Landing on the soft bed of snow is the only reason why I can stay conscious after taking a heavy blow. But I cough out blood; thick crimson staining the pure and white snow where I sat.
