Monsters with bloody teeth

I'd kept my word and stayed close. I didn't need to go far; fifty steps and i had found myself alone, more alone than i'd ever been. I'd stopped to take this in, not so much afraid as interested. I'd arrived in a small clearing, surrounded by a number or tall trees with dying leaves that hadn't given up the ghost just yet. I'd spread my arms and tilted my head all the way back and closed my eyes and listened to the silence.