Chapter 15
Rachel felt herself floating, engulfed in warmth and light. Where was she? she wondered. She was drifting, like a balloon that had escaped its tether, not knowing where she was going nor caring. A bright glow in the distance beckoned to her and she felt herself being drawn toward it, content to let it pull her into its comforting aura. But... no, something was not right. A nagging doubt cast its shadow, dimming the power of the light. Rachel realized she couldn't go, not yet.
The next thing she remembered was awaking in a sterile white room. Anxious faces peered down at her and she could feel the uncomfortable hardness of plastic in her nose and mouth.
"She's coming to," she heard a woman say.
A figure almost completely covered in white bent over her.
"Miss Black, can you h
