ojandtostitos posted in blueridgeschool:

This was it, she decided promptly. She was going to die, probably within the next thirty to forty seconds. Any second, she was sure that she would feel teeth sinking into her neck. When she burst through the edge of the trees, it was like a breath of fresh air as she was freed from the oppressive cover of the forest, and the ground was better for running, but the parking lot still seemed like it was way too far off. That was if there was even anyone in the parking lot, and if there was, it was only any good if they even decided to help her. How many people were going to jump in between her and a monster like that? She was toast.

She could run for her life all the way there, and then just have it deserted anyway, another possibility. There was no way she was making it all of the way back inside of university house unscathed, but she could try. Just the sound of the howl was enough to make her shiver, but she just kept trying to keep going, ignoring the painful stitch developing in her side and the way that it felt like her lungs were going to burst from lack of oxygen. She wasn't cut out for all of this dashing in terror stuff, it was why hiding was her usual default position.

Reaching the edge of the asphalt, she felt a bit better as her sneakers slapped against the hard ground instead of slipping through the grass and frost like they had been doing, but she knew that the wolf was still just as close, practically breathing down her neck. Which probably looked quite delicious.