The whip didn't do a whole lot of good in close quarters; she wasn't even able to strike before he closed in with a burst of speed and damn near almost took her face off.

Selina had barely phased out of his grasp again when something hit him from behind. It seemed Ramus took issue with someone attacking his sometimes-roommate. The leopard only outweighed Selina by ten or twenty pounds, but he had fangs and claws where she didn't. And while he didn't really have the hunting experience, it seemed he instinctively knew to go for the neck.