The sands were reddened with blood. High above the sands, Ahanni was burning hot, emitting dangerous rays. No birds flew over the red sands. The whole area was barren. The winds were dead. The whole land was still dead. Fumes rose from the blood.
There was a girl in the middle of Barrended. She was clothed in white, but it was covered with red dust and blood. Her auburn hair was sticky, and her clothes were dripping blood. The land looked like a battlefield which had witnessed a terrible war. There were no bodies on the sand.
The girl looked around, but she saw nothing except the vast void. The thick red fluid frightened her. She hadn’t seen war nor did she know how she happened to be on this forsaken land.
It was like she fell from the skies onto this place. The whole area smelled of
