“Save me!” Roxanne’s desperate plea echoed through the dense forest. Her body strained, fueled by fear and adrenaline. She scanned the shadowed expanse, her eyes wide with terror. The apparition pursued her relentlessly, a shape she couldn’t comprehend—a hybrid of man and beast. Panic gripped her; she had no escape. “Someone… Someone help me!” Her voice faded into the gnarled branches and frozen ground. The thorny underbrush clawed at her, and the biting winds cut through her clothing. Exhaustion threatened to overwhelm her, yet she pressed on. To stop meant certain doom.