I stepped forward even though every survival instinct in my body screamed at me to turn and bolt in the opposite direction. My boots dragged across the trampled grass as if they had suddenly been forged from solid lead, each reluctant step sending dull, echoing thuds through the tense silence. The sound rang unnaturally loud in my ears... boom… boom… boom... like the entire field had fallen deathly still, holding its collective breath just to listen to the frantic, stuttering rhythm of my pulse.
Moon Goddess, if you're even listening… please, be with me right now, I whispered desperately inside my mind.
Not that she had ever answered before.
