Reaching him, she extended her arm to feel for a pulse.
He trembled.
She remained frozen to the spot for who knew how long, eventually gathering her nerve to try again. She lifted his hand and tried to find a pulse.
The hand came to life and grasped her, steel like fingers encircling her wrist tightly.
She screamed as she struggled to free herself, her hands slippery with rain.
The man caught hold of her coat collar, pulling her back toward him.
Feeling his cold breath on her wet throat, Melissa screamed as she felt her flesh being brutally ripped open. She managed to push him away and made a dash for her car, her neck gushing with blood.
Glancing back frantically as he rose, she saw that he appeared unhurt from the impact with her car. Her fingers fumbling to open the door, she fel
