“Hrrrk!” Carrie made a strangling sound as her head snapped back.
Blaire had grabbed her by the back of her collar, and although she was being choked by her own bodyweight, she felt a deep sense of relief as she realized that her momentum had been arrested just in time. She was holding her arms out instinctively, back bent into a deep carve, balancing awkwardly on her twisted legs. The ankle of her supporting leg was starting to give, but Yumi reached over and grabbed at one of Carrie’s outstretched arms, steadying her just in time.
Just as Carrie was muttering her ‘thank yous’ between heavy, wheezing breaths, another scream tore the air. In those few seconds where she’d been suspended mid-air, her life hadn’t flashed before her eyes, but she had lost track of why she’d been sent shoved
