Lucy's eyes flew open, a strangled scream leaving her lips. She shook in a cage that held her pinned to the bed, her body hot and cold in turn, a light sweat covering her. Her frantic mind tried to disengage from the nightmare that was burying her alive again and again. A slight moan of despair escaped her mouth and she lifted shaking fingers to her lips to trap the sound. Her chest heaved as she shoved the tears back.

Lucy could feel a faint stirring at the back of her neck ...