The night air grew bitterly cold the closer the time crept to morning. Layla awoke to the gentle sensation of someone or something pulling her by her torn and ragged dress which was frozen to her body. She could tell that whoever or whatever was pulling on her dress was doing so with extreme caution but due to the drastic cold temperature and her frozen dress, it felt as if the top layer of her skin was being forcibly removed from her body.

She was so disoriented and ...