Chapter 20
The Crimson Brand
They raced toward the hollow, high in the dark midnight sky and guided by the light of the second fire of the night, the one in the field high above the house and racing toward Aurora Hollow. This night, the exhilaration of flight was tempered by the danger, both behind and ahead of them, the lingering sadness of two lives already lost, and the fear that they would lose more before the night was over.
Penny had hoped she could make another firebreak to protect the hollow, but as they flew over the covering canopy of green, her hopes were dashed. Unlike the fire that had raced through Price’s field, the one below was slower, the sparse grass and shrubs not as ready a fuel as the dense wheat, but it was already there.
She had arrived too late.
They circled
