***Serena***
"You are not pathetic, Serena. Indeed the next few months will prove that you are stronger than the best of us....Great loss often precedes great gain. But some things that are lost can be found again. Some are lost forever..."
My brain is dwelling on Amoya's words to me just before my mind wakes from sleep. My eyelids flutter open as a breeze drifts across my face.
My eyes focus out into the middle of the barn as my brain slowly becomes more alert.
The emotional and physical pain of the middle of the night returns to me along with the knowledge of why I am up here asleep on top of a haystack. As I look out towards the barn door, I realise with a feeling of panic and horror, that the barn door is open.
Someone is here.
I sit up, startled into full alertness before my hea
