Alex

Intro Alex's breath hitched as the massive figure loomed just beyond the campfire light. The Sasquatch or Big foot- if that's what it was- stood motionless, it's deep, golden-brown eyes studying her with an intelligence. Then , slowly, it took a step forward. Alex tensed. Her fingers hovered over the bear spray clipped to her belt, but she didn't reach for it. Something about the creature's movement wasn't aggressive. It wasn't charging. it wasn't growling. It moved closer. Alex's breath caught as its fingers, rough like bark, brushed against her arm. The warmth of it's touch sent a strange shiver through her spine. She wasn't sure if it was fear or something else. Alex sucked in a breath. Her skin tingled beneath the contact, her heartbeat a wild drum in her chest. The creature's deep, eathy scent filled her senses- musk, pine, damp . It made her dizzy. Slowly, it lifted her wrist, turning her palm upward as inspecting her. Then, with an almost delibrate tenderness, it ran its thumb along the inside of her wrist, it could feel her heart beat with no doubt. Before she could speak, before she could even begin to understand what was happening, the Sasquatch released her, stepping back into the darkness. It had marked her. Not with claws, not with aggression - but with something far more unsettling. Kindness.