Tesse stood there in fear, unable to move.
After standing there for nearly a minute she realized that she wasn't even breathing, the thought that her life had nearly ended without her even knowing it still gnawed at her mind.
But suddenly an image of Gray appeared. It was the day he had saved her, the day she had forfeited her life to him.
The words she swore repeated in her mind like a broken record player, urging her to move.
'Right, master wouldn't falter just because the enemy was powerful. If I ever wish to live up to the promise I made to him, then this much is nothing,' thought Tesse as she slowly reached for the pistol she had placed on her waist.
Her hands shivered as she slung the sniper over her shoulder and held the pistol out in front of her.
'The sniper takes too long to reload. And anyway, it's not like it's much use in this darkness anyway,' thought Tesse as she peeked from the side of the tree she was hiding behind.