That night, Jaxx slept with the ease of a babe, undaunted by harrowing dreams or frightening premonitions. The void that she had so desperately fought to escape on the astral plane now welcomed her with a warm embrace, and it was at last peaceful inside her mind.

It was only when something slipped over her head that she snapped upright in the bed, a flailing mess of limbs and blankets.

Unable to see, she took a blind swing in the darkness and heard someone groan and ...