The last thing Daniela remembered was the soft hum of the car engine and the city lights blurring behind the window as exhaustion finally took hold of her.

When she awoke again, it was with the vision of soft, warm sunlight streaming in through a high window, bathing the floorboards beneath her in a gentle, warm glow.

The light brushed insistently against her eyelids until she frowned and stirred, her fingers curling against a fabric much softer than the seat on which she had fallen asleep.

Slo