Teresa ran through the woods holding the bundle in her arms close to her body looking back behind her as she ran. She hopped over a log and hid in a bush holding her breath as she listened. The forest was filled with the sound of birds singing and bugs chirping and Teresa knew that she had shaken pursuit.

Teresa climbed out of the bushes and smiled glad that the watch had finally lost her. She knew she might be punished for stealing food from the market, but she had expected lenience for her having a nursing a child. She had not expected a death sentence and had taken her child and run as fast as she possibly could, only just narrowly escaping the town. Teresa looked down at her four-month-old child; it was the reason that she had for stealing the food.

Teresa froze as the forest went silent and looked around from her hiding place trying to see what had plunged the forest into silence. Then Teresa heard a sound knowing that a monster was coming.

It was a...