A young woman in the midst of a terror laden nightmare begins to realize she is trapped in her own subconscious. Waking up provides no solace, but rather submerges her deeper into her darkest fears; the only way she can escape one nightmare is to find herself in the middle of another. Everything she ever held safe, from her home to her face, has become a stranger. There is no way out. By the story's end, she learns the disturbing truth that the horrors which await her when she wakes are far more demonic than anything she could ever dream. waking up is only the beginning.