Chapter 11A deep red sky greeted Jesse almost as soon as he closed his eyes. He recognized it immediately, and knew there wasn’t anything to fear. The deep red bled to the trees and the ground at Jesse’s feet. It was a trick of the light, he knew, from the sun dying on the horizon. The big ball of red fire never seemed to set. Or if it did, Jesse always managed to show up just after it began to rise. All of the blossoms on the trees were white and easily absorbed the light, and the rocks on the ground were white, too.
He was there to find her, but it always felt like she found him first. Like she was expecting him and she always knew just where to wait. This time, she was under one of those blossoming trees, letting the flowers fall on her shoulders. Her blonde hair caught the red light,
