Creepy Crawlies

The snake twisted and flailed and Ragna could feel her lower jaw starting to ache with the pressure of keeping hold on the muscular reptile. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Shilah was in a bad spot. They needed to kill this thing and quick. She saw a strange creature dig its claws into the snake, causing it to twist, clearly in pain. It was now or never. If the others could keep the snake from killing her long enough for her to kill it then there was a way to win this. She eyed where her earlier bite had been. Her muscular legs coiled beneath her and in a moment she dropped her hold on the snake and bounded toward Shilah, her jaws latching around it's throat, just behind the head. Ragna bit down as hard as she could and with a twist of her neck she ripped the snake off and started thrashing violently. She whipped her head from side to side as if she'd gotten wet and was trying to shake the water from her coat. Despite this she could feel the coils of the serpent reaching for her, trying to wrap around her chest.