Unfortunately, this thing’s eyes were in a head that was now way, way up in the air.

  A leap?

  Could she make it? And could she land somewhere safe?

  She backed up and took a run that quickly turned into great, bounding steps, like a high jumper approaching the bar, culminating in a leap.

  It was like nothing she had done to this point. It was the next best thing to flying. But her first leap missed the head and instead landed her feet first against the massive chest, from which she could only rappel away, turning a neat somersault in the air before landing hard enough to knock the wind from her.

Monster, Chapter 22