She shuts her eyes in anticipation, feeling only a moment of instinctual resistance before she can reassure herself that it's all right to let go. She's safe with him. Nothing more awful than what she's already trying to wrap her mind around is going to be waiting for her on the other side of sleep.

Then, with a soft sigh of gratitude, she slips into sleep that, if not entirely dreamless, will at least be relatively peaceful.