Penny met her double again, but not in the cavern of previous nights. They were in Aurora Hollow, and the dark around them was complete. No stars shone through the gaps in the overhead willow canopy, and the woods beyond the clearing’s border seemed to have vanished. Only the fire burning high in the stone pit pushed the darkness back. Only the hollow existed.
“Hi, Penny.” She sat on the other side of the creek, her back against the rough rock that disappeared only ten feet above her. She nodded toward the entrance to Ronan’s cave. “You ever wonder what he keeps down there?”
“Sometimes,” Penny said.
She had, though only in passing. The question hadn’t seemed important until this strange reflection had mentioned it. “I guess if you’re curious about it, I must be.”
“You should be. You k
