Everything happened so quickly that she didn't see it coming. She felt herself fall backward, and the lamp flew away from her grip and fell to the side. Her head landed with impact on the cold ground as a beast-like thing pounced on her, caging her to the ground and roaring in her face.
Ave felt all blood drain from her body as the ear-killing roar reverberated in her brain and numbed her in place. Before she could do anything, she felt its claw sink into the flesh of her arm. Its claw went deep into her flesh, and when it ripped it, she didn't realize when she cried out her husband's name.
The beast was in the process of biting off her head when it stopped at the name she cried out. It moved so quickly away from her that Ave didn't waste time in getting up and grabbing her lamp to make a run for it. She didn't have to look to know that she was bleeding terribly from her arm as she felt warm blood trickling down her sleeve.
