Grasping the low-lying branches and using them as leverage, she climbed up and away from the ground, praying the Chaots could not climb. From the elevated position, she looked along the forest’s floor to catch view of two Chaots walking, animated in their deadly stroll. They were the same ones from town, having followed her with unrivaled determination. Veins throbbing in the chase, bursting in a paradise lost, these destroyed shells of humanity searched.
