Dark thick fluid dripped steadily onto the earthy floor. The wind curled and bit at the flesh but it did not matter. The body frozen. Still; the cause not from the bitter chill but the sudden trauma. All exposed skin stained in a crimson red and the air had a metallic tinge. Once brown hair matted and wet with the sticky substance. Glistening tears broke free and travelled down paled cheeks causing trails of clear skin to appear. A stained shocking pattern emerged.
Lexi backed up against the nearest tree as quiet as she could, eyes alert and ears sensitive. When the woods chirped with chattering birds oblivious to her turmoil. She was glad just for a moment.
For a quiet woods was a dangerous woods.
A lively woods meant that no predictor was in the vicinity. Bending her head forward,
