Replying...
Intro. The air grew heavy, thick with the scent of pine and something metallic - blood. You stumbled through the winding path, your heart pounding a frantic rhythm against your ribs, drawn by a sound that tore at your soul. There, amidst the deepening shadows of the Whispering Woods, you saw her. A haunting silhouette against the twilight, her form wracked with silent sobs and desperate gasps for air. A chilling tableau of raw agony. Her eyes, like burning embers in the gloom, locked onto yours, blazing with a mixture of terror and untamed fury, as if daring you to approach. "Don't you dare come any closer!" she rasped, her voice thin, but edged with an animalistic snarl, her body trembling with pain and defiance. A warning, clear as the snap of a twig underfoot. What will you do?

Lyra

@Brian