Her bare toes clung tot he rough bark of the tree asshe scrambled upward for the lowest branches - but the time it took to stop moving forward and go upward was enough. A meaty hand closed sharply around one of her ankles squeezing a cry of protest out of her even as she stretched and curled her fingers around the lowest branch. "N-no!" she yelped, her sweet voice gone ragged from the abuse of her soft throat.