Chapter 79

• IT WAS the sense of something being wrong that dragged Sofia from her sleep the next morning. A feeling that something had changed forcing her into unwilling wakefulness, making her stir in the comfort of the bed.
• And that was when a feeling of loss slid into her mind so that she frowned uncertainly, still keeping her eyes closed.
• Something wasn’t right here. The bed felt too big, too empty. She had fallen asleep feeling safe, secure for the first time in months, had slept soundly, dreamlessly, but now it felt as if something was missing.