[Athilea Majiri]

She turned and backed up a couple of steps before she managed to gather herself. Her eyes were wide and she made attempts to control the ice she had already formed against the thing, but nothing seemed to work. She could not seem to do anything that would effect a shadowy creature as this way.

She glanced back at him, and that momentary lapse in attention was all it took for the thing to seize an opportunity. It grabbed her and, though she struggled, she could do nothing against the thing. Nelda screamed and the air around her seemed to freeze in her terror, but it did not seem to effect the creature.