"Noah! Watch out"
Ma's voice echoed in my ears, sharp with urgency.
I didn't think—I moved.
Instinct took over as my body twisted, boots skidding across the damp forest floor.
A shadow whipped past where I had been standing, slicing clean through the air. A second later, something heavy slammed into the ground behind me and the earth cracked.
Too close.
I barely had time to process what had just happened before a clicking sound filled the air. My eyes darted up.
The trees above shifted. Dark figures moved between the branches, limbs scraping against the bark.
Then, one of them dropped.
It landed in front of me with a silent crunch, its weight sinking into the dirt.
