““Rowan was hauling her away, shouting her name, but she couldn’t reach him, couldn’t stop that pull toward the other creature. Teeth pierced the spot between her neck and shoulder, and she jerked, latching on to the pain as if it were a rope yanking her out of that sea of stupor, up, up, until— Rowan crushed her against him with one arm, sword out, her blood dripping down his chin as he backed away from the creature that lingered by the tree.””
