The sky was darkening, the sun having plunged beneath the tree line. My heart thudded painfully against my ribs, clothes sticking with sweat. Eyes watched hungrily from the shadows. I shouldn’t have left town so close to nightfall.
“I’d hoped you would come,” said a voice.
I stumbled to a stop, frozen. “No,” I breathed. “I came to save you.” I could feel the others approaching silently, but all I could see was her, pale and beautiful.
“How sweet.” She smiled with pointed teeth. “But I’m not the one who needs saving.”
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