Chapter twelve
TessaFrom the remains of petroglyphs found in cave 23B we can infer that the Irraya imagined Yannfar to be covered in flowers, possibly yellow. The significance of this is unknown.
Dr. Theodore Black, A Study of the Irrayan Belief in Yannfar
Tessa fell, plummeting head over heels into the flowers. She lay very still amongst them, breathing. For a moment it seemed the numbness in her arm had spread throughout her body, but the green scent of the bruised stems soon roused her and she sat up, looking around for Jane. But there were only flowers, millions and millions of them, stretching in all directions.
She called, “Jane... Jane... Where are you?” There was no answer, other than the gentle sigh of the wind. Slowly she rose to her feet, and found she had suffered no injury
