Seras kicked him off her thighs with a controlled swing of her legs, the motion graceful yet powerful, which sent Damon flying backward into a tree.
His back slammed against the trunk with a heavy thud, bark splintering and leaves shaking loose from the impact.
She took a deep breath, chest rising slowly as she watched the broken piles of roots on the ground, each of them destroyed in so many places. The red sap in their bodies, resembling blood, dyed the ground and streaked across her boots and clothes.
Damon stood up with a sigh of relief, rubbing the back of his head as bits of bark fell from his shoulders.
"Man that was close you really came in a clutch..I knew my master plan of luring them away from everyone would work.."
He spoke this loud enough for everyone to hear, straightening his coat and brushing dust from it, even though he had not actually planned this at all. This was just a lucky outcome.
Seras shot him a glare.
