Prologue
She woke up with a jolt , her screams muffled by her pillow . Beads of sweat mixed with tears ran her face as she slowly sat up, trying to calm herself down.
'It was a dream ... Only a dream ... '
She kept muttering to herself , trying to stay calm , despite the horrid feeling in the pit of her stomach and the goosebumps raised on her bare arms .
It was like her body could tell something was wrong , but she would ignore it . Ignorance , she thought , was bliss .
' Okay , I'm safe , don't think about it .... Just think happy thoughts .... '
And she let her mind wander , thinking back to the only happy memory she had . Her eyes fluttered close , her tense muscles relaxed , and her lips curled upwards as the dread slowly creeped away.
Suddenly , she felt something cold and sharp dig into the small of her back followed by a sharp pain. Her eyes shot open and a large hand clamped down roughly on her mouth , muffling the scream that had made its way to her mouth , coming out faintly as a pathetic whimper. Her intruder's hot breath hit the back of her damp neck , sending a terrifying chill down her spine . The familiar cruelness of the voice that whispered in her ear the two words she never wanted to hear : ' I'm back .. ! Miss me? '
The last thing she felt was a blinding pain before everything plunged into darkness.
