Daniella gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands. Her palms were sweaty and she felt shivers running up and down her spine. Her headlights illuminated the dark, rural roads ahead of her, and the trees on either side loomed like ghostly beings over the pavement. At the late hour, there were no other vehicles on the road. She felt her aloneness deeply, and the forest had never seemed so dangerous or so foreboding. She reached for the radio to dispel the eerie silence, but she was greeted with static. No matter which preset button she pushed, the station was nothing but static. She cursed under her breath and shut it off again.
Something was wrong. She could feel it. She glanced into the rearview mirror, and saw nothing but inky blackness. She adjusted it slightly so t
