Pretend

“Argh!” He charged her and brought the bottle down toward her head. Thanks to the adrenaline coursing through his body, he saw his arm moving in slow motion. Somehow, she was moving like normal when she evaded his attack then dashed his last hopes out of his hand and onto the floor. It landed with a heavy thud and rolled away. Empty-handed and not expecting to miss his mark, he stumbled forward and would have fallen face-first onto the floor were it not for the young woman catching him in her arms.