I must have fallen asleep quickly as I wake to noise, only half aware of Camilla telling me she was going out and falling back into oblivion after the door slammed shut in the outer living area. I think I drift off again into oblivion because everything becomes confusing and time seems to drift away.

I jump up with the pounding noise coming from what seems to be all around me, disorientated and immediately terrified; it takes a moment to realize the ‘thud, thud, thud’ is coming ...