Prologue - Eli

3 months ago

Crouching in the dark, I hovered on the edges of the property as I watched my brother move through the rooms with the dark-haired girl I’d seen him with in town. Keeping my eyes on the house, I let myself be still and settled against the slight rise, trying to survey the area for threats.

A light switched on downstairs, and another girl appeared.

She glowed in soft yellow against the backdrop of darkness, her white-blond hair swinging around her shoulders. She tried vainly to open the large glass patio door, then gave up and pressed her face against it as if peering out into the desert beyond. Finally, she disappeared.

Who was she?