The web didn't just cover his mouth.
It spread across his face and sealed everything from his nose down to his chin, tightening enough to cut off his air completely.
The sudden loss of air sent a sharp spike of panic through his body, his chest tightening as his lungs reacted instinctively, but even as that instinct threatened to take hold, he forced it down before it could control him.
He had come too close to death too many times to freeze now.
Even with his breathing cut off and Noah already closing the distance, his thoughts moved, pushing past the pressure building in his chest as he searched for anything that could give him even the smallest opening.
Trying to remove the web right now was pointless, and trying to outpace Noah directly was no longer an option.
So instead, he chose something far more reckless.
